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Chapter 28
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And it shall come to pass, if 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 on high above all nations
of the earth: |
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And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake
thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD
thy God. |
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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt
thou be in the field. |
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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. |
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Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. |
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Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed
shalt thou be when thou goest out. |
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The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against
thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out
against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. |
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The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy
storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto;
and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee. |
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The LORD shall establish 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
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And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called
by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. |
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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
sware unto thy fathers to give thee. |
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The LORD shall 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. |
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And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail;
and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath;
if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD
thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and
to do them: |
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And thou shalt not 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. |
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But it shall come to pass, if 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 all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake
thee: |
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Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou
be in the field. |
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Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. |
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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. |
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Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed
shalt thou be when thou goest out. |
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The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and
rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to
do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly;
because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me. |
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The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee,
until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither
thou goest to possess it. |
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The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with
a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme
burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with
mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. |
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And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass,
and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. |
24
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The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust:
from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be
destroyed. |
25
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The LORD shall 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 removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth. |
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And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air,
and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray
them away. |
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The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and
with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch,
whereof thou canst not be healed. |
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The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness,
and astonishment of heart: |
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And thou shalt grope 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. |
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Thou shalt betroth 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
gather the grapes thereof. |
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Thine 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 shall not be restored to thee:
thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt
have none to rescue them. |
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Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another
people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing
for them all the day long; and there shall be no might
in thine hand. |
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The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation
which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed
and crushed alway: |
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So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes
which thou shalt see. |
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The LORD shall smite 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. |
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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 shalt thou serve other gods,
wood and stone. |
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And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and
a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead
thee. |
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Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt
gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. |
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Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt
neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the
worms shall eat them. |
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Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts,
but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine
olive shall cast his fruit. |
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Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not
enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. |
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All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust
consume. |
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The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee
very high; and thou shalt come down very low. |
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He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him:
he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. |
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Moreover all 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: |
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And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder,
and upon thy seed for ever. |
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Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness,
and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; |
48
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Therefore shalt thou 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. |
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The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far,
from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth;
a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; |
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A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard
the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: |
51
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And he shall 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. |
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And he shall besiege 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. |
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And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, 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: |
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So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate,
his 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: |
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So 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 the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. |
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The tender 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, |
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And toward her young one that cometh out from 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. |
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If thou 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, THE LORD THY GOD; |
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Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the
plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance,
and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. |
60
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Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of
Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave
unto thee. |
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Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written
in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon
thee, until thou be destroyed. |
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And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as
the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest
not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. |
63
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And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced
over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD
will rejoice 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. |
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And the LORD shall scatter 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. |
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And among 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 failing of eyes,
and sorrow of mind: |
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And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance
of thy life: |
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In the morning thou shalt say, Would 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. |
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And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships,
by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou 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. |
