Deuteronomy Chapter 28

Deuteronomy Chapter 28
1 If thou shalt obey diligently the voice
of the Lord thy God, and observe and do
all his commandments, which I command
thee this day, then the Lord thy God will
set thee on high above all the nations of
the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come on
thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and
blessed also in the field. 4 Blessed shall
be the fruit 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. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and
thy dough.
6 Blessed shalt thou be, when thou
comest in, and blessed also when thou
goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies
that rise against thee, to fall before thy
face: they shall come out against thee
one way, and shall flee before thee
seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing
to be with thee in thy store houses, and
in all that thou settest thine hand to, and
will bless thee in the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall make thee an holy
people unto himself, as he hath sworn
unto thee, if thou shalt keep the
commandments of the Lord thy God, and
walk in his ways.
10 Then all people of the earth shall see
that the name of the Lord is called upon
over thee, and they shall be afraid of
thee.
11 And the Lord shall make thee
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in
the fruit of thy ground, in the land which
the Lord swear unto thy fathers, to give
thee.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee his
good treasure, even the heaven to give
rain unto thy land in due season, and to
bless all the work of thine hands: and
thou shalt lend unto many nations, but
shalt not borrow thyself. 13 And the
Lord shall make thee the head, and not
the tail, and thou shalt be above only,
and shalt not be beneath, if thou obey the
commandments of the Lord thy God,
which I command thee this day, to keep
and to do them. 14 But thou shalt not
decline from any of the words, which I
command you this day, either to the right
hand or to the left, to go after other gods
to serve them. 15 But if thou wilt not
obey the voice of the Lord thy God, to
keep and to do all his commandments
and his ordinances, which I command
thee this day, then all these curses shall
come upon thee, and overtake thee.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and
cursed also in the field. 17 Cursed shall
thy basket be, and thy dough.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body,
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of
thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou
comest in, and cursed also when thou
goest out.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee
cursing, trouble, and shame, in all that
which thou settest thine hand to do, until
thou be destroyed, and perish quickly,
because of the wickedness of thy works
whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 The Lord shall make the pestilence
cleave unto thee, until he hath consumed
thee from the land, whither thou goest to
possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a
consumption, and with the fever, and
with a burning ague, and with fervent
heat, and with the sword, and with
blasting, and with the mildew, and they
shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23
And thine heaven that is over thine head,
shall be brass, and the earth that is under
thee, iron.
24 The Lord shall give thee for the rain
of thy land, dust and ashes: even from
heaven shall it come down upon thee,
until thou be destroyed.
25 And the Lord shall cause thee to fall
before thine enemies: thou shalt come
out one way against them, and shalt flee
seven ways before them, and shalt be
scattered through all the kingdoms of the
earth.
26 And thy carcasses shall be meat unto
all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts
of the earth, and none shall fray them
away.
27 The Lord will smite thee with the
botch of Egypt, and with the emerods,
and with the scab, and with the itch, that
thou canst not be healed. 28 And the
Lord shall smite thee with madness, and
with blindness, and with astonishing of
heart.
29 Thou shalt also grope at noondays, as
the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt
not prosper in thy ways: thou shalt never
but be oppressed with wrong, and be
polled evermore, and no man shall
succor thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another
man shall lie with her: thou shalt build
an house, and shalt not dwell therein:
thou shalt plant a vineyard and shalt not
eat the fruit.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine
eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine
ass shall be violently taken away before
thy face, and shall not be restored to
thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine
enemies, and no man shall rescue them
for thee.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be
given unto another people, and thine
eyes shall still look for them, even till
they fall out, and there shall be no power
in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labors
shall a people, which thou knowest not,
eat, and thou shalt never but suffer
wrong, and violence alway: 34 So that
thou shalt be mad for the sight which
thine eyes shall see. 35 The Lord shall
smite thee in the knees, and in the thighs,
with a sore botch, that thou canst not be
healed: even from the sole of thy foot
unto the top of thine head.
36 The Lord shall bring thee and thy king
(which thou shalt set over thee) unto a
nation, which neither thou nor thy fathers
have known, and there thou shalt serve
other gods: even wood and stone,
37 And thou shalt be a wonder, a
proverb and a common talk among all
people, whither the Lord shall carry
thee.
38 Thou shalt carry out much seed into
the field, and shalt gather but little in: for
the grasshoppers shall destroy it.
39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and
dress it, but shalt neither drink of the
wine, nor gather the grapes: for the
worms shall eat it. 40 Thou shalt have
olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not
anoint thyself with the oil: for thine
olives shall fall.
41 Thou shalt beget sons, and daughters,
but shalt not have them: for they shall go
into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land
shall the grasshopper consume. 43 The
stranger that is among you, shall climb
above thee up on high, and thou shalt
come down beneath alow.
44 He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not
lend him: he shall be the head, and thou
shalt be the tail.
45 Moreover, all these curses shall
come upon thee, and shall pursue thee
and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed,
because thou obeyedst not the voice of
the Lord thy God, to keep his
commandments, and his ordinances,
which he commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for signs
and wonders, and upon thy seed forever,
47 Because thou servest not the Lord thy
God with joyfulness and with a good
heart for the abundance of all things.
48 Therefore thou shalt serve thine
enemies which the Lord shall send upon
thee, in hunger and in thirst, and in
nakedness, and in need of all things?
And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy
neck until he have destroyed thee. 49
The Lord shall bring a nation upon thee
from far, even from the end of the world,
flying swift as an eagle: a nation whose
tongue thou shalt not understand:
50 A nation of a fierce countenance,
which will not regard the person of the
old, nor have compassion of the young.
51 The same shall eat the fruit of thy
cattle, and the fruit of thy land until thou
be destroyed, and he shall leave thee
neither wheat, wine, nor oil, neither the
increase of thy kine, nor the flocks of thy
sheep, until he have brought thee to
naught.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy
cities, until thine high and strong walls
fall down, wherein thou trustest in all the
land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy
cities throughout all thy land, which the
Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And
thou shalt eat the fruit of thy body: even
the flesh of thy sons and thy daughters,
which the Lord thy God hath given thee,
during the siege and straightness wherein
thine enemy shall enclose thee:
54 So that the man (that is tender and
exceeding dainty among you) shall be
grieved at his brother and at his wife,
that lieth in his bosom, and at the
remnant of his children, which he hath
yet left,
55 For fear of giving unto any of them of
the flesh of his children, whom he shall
eat, because he hath nothing left him in
that siege, and straightness, wherewith
thine enemy shall besiege thee in all thy
cities.
56 The tender and dainty woman among
you, which never would venture to set
the sole of her foot upon the ground (for
her softness and tenderness) shall be
grieved at her husband that lieth in her
bosom, and at her son, and at her
daughter,
57 And at her afterbirth (that shall come
out from between her feet) and at her
children, which she shall bear: for when
all things lack, she shall eat them
secretly, during the siege and
straightness, wherewith thine enemy
shall besiege thee in thy cities.
58 If thou wilt not keep and do all the
words of this law (that are written in this
book) and fear this glorious and fearful
name THE LORD THY GOD, 59 Then
the Lord will make thy plagues
wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,
even great plagues and of long
continuance, and sore diseases, and of
long durance.
60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all
the diseases of Egypt, whereof thou wast
afraid, and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 And every sickness, and every
plague, which is not written in the book
of this law, will the Lord heap upon
thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye
shall be left few in number, where ye
were as the stars of heaven in multitude,
because thou wouldest not obey the
voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And as the
Lord hath rejoiced over you, to do you
good, and to multiply you, so he will
rejoice over you, to destroy you, and
bring you to naught, and ye shall be
rooted out of the land, whither thou goest
to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall
scatter thee among all people, from the
one end of the world unto the other, and
there thou shalt serve other gods, which
thou hast not known nor thy fathers, even
wood and stone.
65 Also among these nations thou shalt
find no rest, neither shall the sole of thy
foot have rest: for the Lord shall give
thee there a trembling heart, and looking
to return till thine eyes fall out, and a
sorrowful mind. 66 And thy life shall
hang before thee, and thou shalt fear both
night and day, and shalt have none
assurance of thy life.
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would
God it were evening, and at the evening
thou shalt say, Would God it were
morning, for the fear of thine heart,
which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of
thine eyes, which thou shalt see. 68 And
the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt
again with ships by the way, whereof I
said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more
again: and there ye shall sell yourselves
unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, and there shall be no
buyer.