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1AND it shall come to pass, ^aif thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee ^bon high above all nations of the earth:

a Le. 26.3. Ex. 15.26. Is. 1.19; 3.10; 55.2,3. Ps. 19.11. ch. 11.13,22. Mat. 6.33. 1Co. 15.58. 1Ti. 4.8. b ch. 26.19. Phi. 3.14. Col. 3.1,2.

2And all these blessings shall ^ccome on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3^dBlessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be ^ein the field.

4Blessed shall be the ^ffruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy ^*kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

*kine-cows.

1Or, dough, or kneading troughs.

6Blessed shalt thou be when ^hthou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7The LORD ⁱshall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be ^jsmitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8The LORD ^kshall command the blessing upon thee in thy ²storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

2Or, barns.

9The LORD shall ^lestablish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, ^mif thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

l Ge. 17.7,8. Ex. 19.5,6. ch. 7.6; 14.2; 26.18,19. 2Sa. 7.24. Ro. 11.29. Tit. 2.14. Is. 62.12; 1.26,27; 60.21. m v.1,2,13. ch. 4.1,40; 6.3. Ex. 15.26.

10And all people of the earth shall ⁿsee that thou art ^ocalled by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

n ch. 14.1,2; 26.18; 2.25; 11.25; 4.7,8. 1Sa. 18.12,15,29. Is. 41.5; 61.6,9; 64.11,12. Jos. 5.1. o Nu. 6.27.

11And ^pthe LORD shall make thee plenteous ³in goods, in the fruit of thy ⁴body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, ^qin the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

3Or, for good.

4Heb. belly.

p ch. 30.9. Ps. 128.3; 144.12-15; 112.3. Pr. 10.22; 3.10. v.3-8. Le. 26.9. q ch. 4.1; 27.3.

12The LORD ^rshall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

r Job 38.22. Ps. 135.7; 65.9-13; 37.21,26. Le. 26.4. ch. 11.14; 15.6. Ho. 2.21,22. Joel 2.23. Pr. 22.7.

13And the LORD ^sshall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; ^tif that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them :

s Le. 26.13. ch. 15.6. Pr. 22.7. Nu. 24.18,19. Is. 9.14,15. t v.1,9. ch. 4.1,40; 6.3; 30.16. 1Ti. 4.8; 6.6. 1Co. 15.58.

14And thou shalt ^unot go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15¶But it shall come to pass, ^vif thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that ^wall these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

v Le. 26.14,18,21,23,27. ch. 4.25,26; 8.19,20; 30.17,18; 31.16,17,20,21,29; 32.15-26. Pr. 1.24-32. Jos. 23.15,16. La. 2.17. Mal. 2.2. Da. 9.11,13,15. v.45,48. w Ga. 3.10. Is. 3.11. ch. 27.15-26. Ro. 2.8,9.

16^xCursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

18Cursed shall be ^zthe fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy ^*kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

*kine-cows.

19Cursed shalt ^athou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

20The ^bLORD shall send upon thee cursing, ^*vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto ⁵for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

*vexation-trouble, distress, affliction.

5Heb. which thou wouldest do.

b Mal. 2.2. ch. 7.23; 4.26; 8.19,20. v.15. 2Ch. 15.5. Is. 37.3; 30.17; 51.20; 66.15. 1Sa. 12.25. 1Th. 2.16.

21The LORD ^cshall make ^dthe pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22The ^eLORD shall smite thee with a ^*consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the ⁶sword, and with ^*blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

*consumption-a disease causing wasting away of the body, such as TB.

6Or, drought.

*blasting-a plant disease which causes foliage death.

23And thy ^fheaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

f Le. 26.19,20. 1Ki. 17.1; 18.2. Je. 3.3; 14.1-6. Am. 4.7. Joel 1.17-20. ch. 11.17.

24The LORD shall ^gmake the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25The LORD ^hshall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be ⁷removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

7Heb. for a removing, v.36,64. ch. 32.26.

h v.7. ch. 32.30. Le. 26.17,25,33,37. Ju. 2.14. Is. 30.17. Je. 15.4,9; 29.18; 34.17. Ho. 11.6. Eze. 23.46. Lu. 21.24.

26And thy ⁱcarcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall ^*fray them away.

*fray-frighten.

27The LORD will ^jsmite thee with the ^*botch of Egypt, and with ^kthe ^*emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

*botch-ulcer or boil.

*emerods-swellings, haemorrhoids.

28The LORD shall ^lsmite thee with ^mmadness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29And thou shalt ⁿgrope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee .

30Thou shalt ^obetroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not ⁸gather the grapes thereof.

8Heb. profane, or use it as common meat.

31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and ⁹shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them .

9Heb. shall not return to thee.

32Thy ^psons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and ^qfail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

33The ^rfruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

35The LORD shall ^tsmite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore ^*botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

*botch-ulcer or boil.

36The LORD shall ^ubring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

u v.25,64. 2Ki. 17.4,6; 24; 25. La. 4.20. 2Ch. 33.11; 36.6,20. ch. 4.27,28. Je. 15.4. Lu. 21.24.

37And thou shalt become ^van astonishment, a proverb, and a ^*byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

*byword-object of scorn or derision.

v 1Ki. 9.7,8. Ps. 44.13,14. Is. 65.15. Je. 24.9; 25.9; 42.18; 44.12; 18.16; 19.8. Zec. 8.13. ch. 4.28; 29.22-28.

38Thou ^wshalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for ^xthe locust shall consume it.

w Mi. 6.15. Joel 2.1,16,17. Hag. 1.6. Am. 4.9; 7.1. Hab. 3.17. Is. 5.10. Ex. 10.5,15. v.42. x Joel 1.4; 2.25.

39Thou ^yshalt plant vineyards, and dress them , but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the ^zworms shall eat them.

40Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy ^*coasts, but thou shalt not ^aanoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit .

*coasts-region, country.

41Thou shalt ^bbeget sons and daughters, but ¹⁰thou shalt not enjoy them; for they ^cshall go into captivity.

10Heb. they shall not be thine.

11Or, possess.

43The ^estranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

44He ^fshall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45Moreover ^gall these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

g Le. 26.18. Is. 3.11; 1.20; 59.1,2. 1Th. 2.16. Ro. 2.8,9. Eze. 18.4. v.15. Pr. 13.21; 1.31; 14.14. Je. 2.17,19; 4.18; 5.25; 6.19; 16.18,19.

46And they shall be upon thee ^hfor a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

h v.37,59. ch. 29.20-28. Lu. 21.24. Je. 19.8. Ro. 11.10,25. 1Th. 2.16. Is. 8.18.

47Because ⁱthou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with ^jgladness of heart, for the abundance of all things ;

48Therefore shalt ^kthou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

k Ju. 2.14; 3.8,12,14; 4.2,3; 6.1; 10.7,8; 13.1. 2Ch. 12.8. Je. 28.13,14; 27.6-8,12. Lu. 21.22-26. 1Th. 2.16.

49The LORD shall ^lbring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift ^mas the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not ¹²understand;

12Heb. hear.

l Is. 5.26-30; 8.7,8. Hab. 1.6-9; 3.16. Je. 5.15; 6.22,23. Lu. 19.43. Ho. 8.1. La. 4.19. m Je. 48.40; 49.22. Eze. 17.3.

50ⁿA nation ¹³of fierce countenance, which ^oshall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

13Heb. strong of face.

n Is. 5.27-30; 13.18. Hab. 1.7-9. Eze. 7.21,24. Je. 1.15; 4.7; 6.23. Am. 1.13. La. 5.11,12; 4.4-10. Ho. 13.16. ch. 32.25. Da. 7.7; 8.23. Lu. 19.43. o 2Ch. 36.17. Is. 47.6.

51And he ^pshall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy ^*kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

*kine-cows.

52And he shall ^qbesiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

53And ^rthou shalt eat the fruit of thine own ¹⁴body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the ^*straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

14Heb. belly.

*straitness-distress.

54So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, ^shis eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in ^tthe siege, and in the ^*straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

*straitness-distress.

56The ^utender and delicate woman among you, which would not ^*adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

*adventure-venture, risk.

57And toward her ¹⁵young one that cometh out ^vfrom between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and ^*straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

15Heb. afterbirth.

*straitness-distress.

58If ^wthou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, ^xTHE LORD THY GOD;

w v.15. Le. 26.14. ch. 6.13; 32.15-21. Je. 5.22. Ps. 83.18. Is. 42.8. x Ex. 6.3.

59Then the LORD ^ywill make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and ^*sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

*sore-very great or severe.

y v.46. La. 1.9; 4.12. Da. 9.12. ch. 29.20-28; 31.17,18; 32.22-26. 1Ki. 9.7-9. Lu. 21.22-26. 1Th. 2.16. Ho. 3.4. Ps. 17.7.

60Moreover he will bring upon thee ^zall the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

61Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD ¹⁶bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

16Heb. cause to ascend.

62And ye shall be left ^afew in number, whereas ye were ^bas the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

a Le. 26.22. 2Ki. 10.32; 13.7. ch. 4.27; 10.22; 26.5. Is. 1.9. 2Ki. 24.14. Je. 52.28-30. Ex. 12.37. 2Ch. 17.14-18. b Ne. 9.23.

63And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD ^crejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will ^drejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

64And the LORD shall ^escatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

65And ^famong these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and ^gfailing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

f Am. 9.4. Le. 26.36. Is. 1.7. 1Sa. 2.33. Lu. 21.26. Ro. 11.10. 1Th. 2.16. g Le. 26.16.

66And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

67In the morning thou shalt say, ^hWould God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

68And the LORD shall ⁱbring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, ^jThou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you .

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28