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申命记 28
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遵行誡命的必蒙福(A)

28 “如果你實在聽從耶和華你的　神的話，謹守遵行他的一切誡命，就是我今日吩咐你的，耶和華你的　神必使你超過地上所有的民族。 2 如果你聽從耶和華你的　神的話，以下這一切福氣必臨到你身上，必把你追上。 3 你在城裡必蒙福，在田間也必蒙福。 4 你身所生的、土地所出的、牲畜所出的、牛生殖的和羊所產的，都必蒙福。 5 你的籃子和你的摶麵盆，都必蒙福。 6 你出必蒙福，你入也必蒙福。

7 “那起來攻擊你的仇敵，耶和華必使他們在你面前被擊敗；他們從一條路出來攻擊你，必在你面前從七條路逃跑。 8 在你的倉房裡和你手所辦的一切事上，耶和華必吩咐福氣臨到你；在耶和華你的　神賜給你的地上，他必賜福給你。 9 如果你謹守耶和華你的　神的誡命，遵守他的道路，耶和華就必照著他向你起過的誓，立你作他自己的聖民。 10 地上萬民見你被稱為耶和華名下的人，就必懼怕你。 11 在耶和華向你列祖起誓應許要賜給你的土地上，他必使你身上所生的、牲畜所產的、土地所出的，都豐富有餘。 12 耶和華必為你打開他天上的寶庫，按時降雨在你的地上，在你手裡所作的一切事上賜福給你；你要借貸給許多國的民，卻不會向人借貸。 13 耶和華必使你作頭不作尾，居上不居下，只要你聽從耶和華你的　神的誡命，就是我今日吩咐你的，謹守遵行； 14 不可偏離我今日吩咐你的一切話，不偏左也不偏右，以致去隨從和事奉別的神。

違命的必受咒詛(B)

15 “但是，如果你不聽從耶和華你　神的話，不謹守遵行我今日吩咐你的一切誡命和律例，以下這一切咒詛就必臨到你身上，把你趕上。 16 你在城裡必受咒詛，在田間也必受咒詛。 17 你的籃子和摶麵盆都必受咒詛。 18 你身所生的、土地所出的、牛生殖的和羊所產的，都必受咒詛。 19 你出必受咒詛，你入也必受咒詛。

20 “耶和華必在你手所作的一切事上，使咒詛、紛亂和責備臨到你身上，直到你被消滅，速速地滅亡，因為你行惡，離棄了我的緣故。 21 耶和華必使瘟疫隨著你，直到他把你從你進去得為業的地上滅絕了。 22 耶和華必用癆病、熱病、炎症、瘧疾、乾旱、旱風和霉爛打擊你；它們必追趕你，直到你滅亡。 23 你頭上的天必變成銅，你腳下的地必變成鐵。 24 耶和華必使你地上的雨水變為飛沙塵土，從天上下到你身上，直到你被消滅。 25 耶和華必使你在仇敵面前被擊敗；你從一條路出去攻擊他們，必在他們面前從七條路逃跑；你必成為天下萬國驚駭的對象。 26 你的屍體必成為空中的飛鳥和地上的走獸的食物；必沒有人來把牠們嚇走。

27 “耶和華必用埃及人的瘡、痔漏、牛皮癬、紅疹打擊你，這是你不能醫治的。 28 耶和華必用癲狂、眼瞎、心亂打擊你； 29 你必在中午的時候摸索，好像瞎子在黑暗中摸索一樣；你的道路必不亨通；你必日日受欺壓、被搶奪，沒有人拯救你。 30 你和女子訂了婚，別人必和她同寢；你建造房屋，必不得住在裡面；你栽種葡萄園，必不得享用它的果子。 31 你的牛在你眼前被宰了，你必不得吃牠的肉；你的驢從你面前被搶奪了，必不歸還給你；你的羊群交給了你的仇敵，必沒有人拯救。 32 你的兒女必被交給別國的民，你必親眼看見，日日為他們焦慮；你必無能為力。 33 你土地的出產和你勞碌得來的一切，都必被你不認識的民族吃盡；你必常常受壓迫和壓制； 34 你因親眼看見的，必要瘋狂。 35 耶和華必用毒瘡打擊你的雙膝和雙腿，由踵至頂，使你無法醫治。 36 耶和華必把你和你所立統治你的君王，領到你和你的列祖都不認識的國那裡去；在那裡你必事奉別的神，就是木頭石頭所做的神。 37 在耶和華要領你去的各民族中，你必成為使人驚駭、使人嘲笑和諷刺的對象。

38 “你帶到田間的種子雖然很多，但收進來的卻很少，因為蝗蟲把它吞吃了。 39 你栽種修理葡萄園，必不得收葡萄，也不得喝葡萄酒，因為蟲子把它吃盡了。 40 你全境必有橄欖樹，卻沒有油抹身，因為你的橄欖還未成熟就脫落了。 41 你必生兒養女，卻不是屬你的，因為他們都要被擄去。 42 你所有的樹木和你土地的出產，都必被害蟲吃光。 43 住在你中間的寄居者必漸漸高升，比你高而又高；你必漸漸下降，低而又低。 44 他要借給你，你卻不能借給他；他必作頭，你必作尾。 45 這一切咒詛必臨到你，必追趕你，必把你追上，直到你被消滅，因為你不聽從耶和華你的　神的話，沒有遵守他吩咐你的誡命和律例。 46 這些咒詛必在你和你的後裔身上成為異蹟和奇事，直到永遠。 47 因為你在這樣富足的時候，沒有以歡樂和高興的心來事奉耶和華你的　神， 48 所以你必在飢餓、乾渴、赤身露體和缺乏之中，去事奉耶和華派來攻擊你的仇敵；他必把鐵軛放在你的頸項上，直到把你消滅。

49 “耶和華必從遠方，從地極把一國的民帶來，像鷹一般飛來攻擊你；這民的語言你不會聽； 50 這民臉無羞恥，不顧老年人的情面，也不恩待青年人。 51 他們必吞吃你牲畜所生的和你土地所產的，直到把你消滅；必不給你留下五穀、新酒和油、幼小的牛，以及肥嫩的羊，直到使你滅亡為止。 52 他們必把你圍困在你的各城裡，直到在你的全境內你所倚靠高大和堅固的城牆都被攻陷；他們必把你圍困在耶和華你的　神賜給你的全地的各城裡。 53 你在仇敵圍困和窘迫你的時候，要吃你身所生的，就是吃耶和華你的　神賜給你的兒女的肉。 54 你們中間溫柔嫩弱的男人，必敵視自己的兄弟、懷中的妻子和餘剩的兒女； 55 甚至在你的仇敵圍困和窘迫你在各城裡的時候，他要吃自己兒女的肉，卻不肯分給他們任何人，因為他沒有甚麼剩下的。 56 你們中間溫柔嬌嫩的婦人，素來因為溫柔嬌嫩不肯把腳掌踏在地上，現在必敵視自己懷中的丈夫和自己的兒女。 57 她暗中把自己兩腿之間出來的胞衣，和自己生的兒女吃掉，因為在你的仇敵圍困和窘迫你在各城裡的時候，她甚麼都沒有了。

58 “如果你不謹守遵行寫在這書上的這律法的一切話，不敬畏這榮耀和可畏的名，就是耶和華你的　神， 59 耶和華就必使你和你的後裔遭受奇災，就是大而長久的災，毒而長久的病。 60 他必使你懼怕的埃及人的各種疾病都臨到你身上，緊緊地纏著你。 61 又把這律法書上沒有記載的各樣災病，都降在你身上，直到你被消滅。 62 你們以前雖然像天上的星那麼多，現在剩下的人數卻寥寥可數，因為你不聽從耶和華你的　神的話。 63 先前耶和華怎樣喜歡使你們得好處，使你們人數眾多，將來也必怎樣喜歡把你們滅亡，把你們消滅；你們必從要進去得為業的地上被拔除。 64 耶和華必使你分散在萬民中，從地的這邊到地的那邊；在那裡你要事奉你和你的列祖不認識的別的神，就是木頭和石頭做的神。 65 在那些國中，你必不得安息，也沒有腳掌歇息的地方；耶和華卻必使你在那裡心中發顫，眼目憔悴，精神頹廢。 66 你未來的生命必懸而不定；你必晝夜恐懼，生命難保。 67 因你心裡的懼怕驚恐和你眼中看見的景象，早晨你必說：‘但願現在是晚上！’晚上你必說：‘但願現在是早晨！’ 68 耶和華必用船把你送回埃及去，走我曾經告訴你，你不得再見的那條路；在那裡你們必賣身給你的仇敵作奴僕和作婢女，卻沒有人買。”

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Deuteronomio 28
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana

Le benedizioni promesse

28 Se tu obbedirai fedelmente alla voce del Signore tuo Dio, preoccupandoti di mettere in pratica tutti i suoi comandi che io ti prescrivo, il Signore tuo Dio ti metterà sopra tutte le nazioni della terra; 2 perché tu avrai ascoltato la voce del Signore tuo Dio, verranno su di te e ti raggiungeranno tutte queste benedizioni: 3 Sarai benedetto nella città e benedetto nella campagna. 4 Benedetto sarà il frutto del tuo seno, il frutto del tuo suolo e il frutto del tuo bestiame; benedetti i parti delle tue vacche e i nati delle tue pecore. 5 Benedette saranno la tua cesta e la tua madia. 6 Sarai benedetto quando entri e benedetto quando esci. 7 Il Signore lascerà sconfiggere davanti a te i tuoi nemici, che insorgeranno contro di te: per una sola via verranno contro di te e per sette vie fuggiranno davanti a te. 8 Il Signore ordinerà alla benedizione di essere con te nei tuoi granai e in tutto ciò a cui metterai mano; ti benedirà nel paese che il Signore tuo Dio sta per darti. 9 Il Signore ti renderà popolo a lui consacrato, come ti ha giurato, se osserverai i comandi del Signore tuo Dio e se camminerai per le sue vie; 10 tutti i popoli della terra vedranno che porti il nome del Signore e ti temeranno. 11 Il Signore tuo Dio ti concederà abbondanza di beni, quanto al frutto del tuo grembo, al frutto del tuo bestiame e al frutto del tuo suolo, nel paese che il Signore ha giurato ai tuoi padri di darti. 12 Il Signore aprirà per te il suo benefico tesoro, il cielo, per dare alla tua terra la pioggia a suo tempo e per benedire tutto il lavoro delle tue mani; così presterai a molte nazioni, mentre tu non domanderai prestiti. 13 Il Signore ti metterà in testa e non in coda e sarai sempre in alto e mai in basso, se obbedirai ai comandi del Signore tuo Dio, che oggi io ti prescrivo, perché tu li osservi e li metta in pratica, 14 e se non devierai né a destra né a sinistra da alcuna delle cose che oggi vi comando, per seguire altri dei e servirli.

Le maledizioni

15 Ma se non obbedirai alla voce del Signore tuo Dio, se non cercherai di eseguire tutti i suoi comandi e tutte le sue leggi che oggi io ti prescrivo, verranno su di te e ti raggiungeranno tutte queste maledizioni: 16 sarai maledetto nella città e maledetto nella campagna. 17 Maledette saranno la tua cesta e la tua madia. 18 Maledetto sarà il frutto del tuo seno e il frutto del tuo suolo; maledetti i parti delle tue vacche e i nati delle tue pecore. 19 Maledetto sarai quando entri e maledetto quando esci. 20 Il Signore lancerà contro di te la maledizione, la costernazione e la minaccia in ogni lavoro a cui metterai mano, finché tu sia distrutto e perisca rapidamente a causa delle tue azioni malvage per avermi abbandonato. 21 Il Signore ti farà attaccare la peste, finché essa non ti abbia eliminato dal paese, di cui stai per entrare a prender possesso. 22 Il Signore ti colpirà con la consunzione, con la febbre, con l'infiammazione, con l'arsura, con la siccità, il carbonchio e la ruggine, che ti perseguiteranno finché tu non sia perito. 23 Il cielo sarà di rame sopra il tuo capo e la terra sotto di te sarà di ferro. 24 Il Signore darà come pioggia al tuo paese sabbia e polvere, che scenderanno dal cielo su di te finché tu sia distrutto. 25 Il Signore ti farà sconfiggere dai tuoi nemici: per una sola via andrai contro di loro e per sette vie fuggirai davanti a loro; diventerai oggetto di orrore per tutti i regni della terra. 26 Il tuo cadavere diventerà pasto di tutti gli uccelli del cielo e delle bestie selvatiche e nessuno li scaccerà. 27 Il Signore ti colpirà con le ulcere d'Egitto, con bubboni, scabbia e prurigine, da cui non potrai guarire. 28 Il Signore ti colpirà di delirio, di cecità e di pazzia, 29 così che andrai brancolando in pieno giorno come il cieco brancola nel buio. Non riuscirai nelle tue imprese, sarai ogni giorno oppresso e spogliato e nessuno ti aiuterà. 30 Ti fidanzerai con una donna, un altro la praticherà; costruirai una casa, ma non vi abiterai; pianterai una vigna e non ne potrai cogliere i primi frutti. 31 Il tuo bue sarà ammazzato sotto i tuoi occhi e tu non ne mangerai; il tuo asino ti sarà portato via in tua presenza e non tornerà più a te; il tuo gregge sarà dato ai tuoi nemici e nessuno ti aiuterà. 32 I tuoi figli e le tue figlie saranno consegnati a un popolo straniero, mentre i tuoi occhi vedranno e languiranno di pianto per loro ogni giorno, ma niente potrà fare la tua mano. 33 Un popolo, che tu non conosci, mangerà il frutto della tua terra e di tutta la tua fatica; sarai oppresso e schiacciato ogni giorno; 34 diventerai pazzo per ciò che i tuoi occhi dovranno vedere. 35 Il Signore ti colpirà alle ginocchia e alle cosce con una ulcera maligna, della quale non potrai guarire; ti colpirà dalla pianta dei piedi alla sommità del capo. 36 Il Signore deporterà te e il re, che ti sarai costituito, in una nazione che né tu né i padri tuoi avete conosciuto; là servirai dei stranieri, dei di legno e di pietra; 37 diventerai oggetto di stupore, di motteggio e di scherno per tutti i popoli fra i quali il Signore ti avrà condotto.

38 Porterai molta semente al campo e raccoglierai poco, perché la locusta la divorerà. 39 Pianterai vigne e le coltiverai, ma non berrai vino né coglierai uva, perché il verme le roderà. 40 Avrai oliveti in tutto il tuo territorio, ma non ti ungerai di olio, perché le tue olive cadranno immature. 41 Genererai figli e figlie, ma non saranno tuoi, perché andranno in prigionia. 42 Tutti i tuoi alberi e il frutto del tuo suolo saranno preda di un esercito d'insetti. 43 Il forestiero che sarà in mezzo a te si innalzerà sempre più sopra di te e tu scenderai sempre più in basso. 44 Egli presterà a te e tu non presterai a lui; egli sarà in testa e tu in coda. 45 Tutte queste maledizioni verranno su di te, ti perseguiteranno e ti raggiungeranno, finché tu sia distrutto, perché non avrai obbedito alla voce del Signore tuo Dio, osservando i comandi e le leggi che egli ti ha dato. 46 Esse per te e per la tua discendenza saranno sempre un segno e un prodigio.

Prospettive di guerre e di esilio

47 Poiché non avrai servito il Signore tuo Dio con gioia e di buon cuore in mezzo all'abbondanza di ogni cosa, 48 servirai i tuoi nemici, che il Signore manderà contro di te, in mezzo alla fame, alla sete, alla nudità e alla mancanza di ogni cosa; essi ti metteranno un giogo di ferro sul collo, finché ti abbiano distrutto.

49 Il Signore solleverà contro di te da lontano, dalle estremità della terra, una nazione che si slancia a volo come aquila: una nazione della quale non capirai la lingua, 50 una nazione dall'aspetto feroce, che non avrà riguardo al vecchio né avrà compassione del fanciullo; 51 che mangerà il frutto del tuo bestiame e il frutto del tuo suolo, finché tu sia distrutto, e non ti lascerà alcun residuo di frumento, di mosto, di olio, dei parti delle tue vacche e dei nati delle tue pecore, finché ti avrà fatto perire. 52 Ti assedierà in tutte le tue città, finché in tutto il tuo paese cadano le mura alte e forti, nelle quali avrai riposto la fiducia. Ti assedierà in tutte le tue città, in tutto il paese che il Signore tuo Dio ti avrà dato. 53 Durante l'assedio e l'angoscia alla quale ti ridurrà il tuo nemico, mangerai il frutto delle tue viscere, le carni dei tuoi figli e delle tue figlie, che il Signore tuo Dio ti avrà dato. 54 L'uomo più raffinato tra di voi e più delicato guarderà di malocchio il suo fratello e la sua stessa sposa e il resto dei suoi figli che ancora sopravvivono, 55 per non dare ad alcuno di loro le carni dei suoi figli delle quali si ciberà; perché non gli sarà rimasto più nulla durante l'assedio e l'angoscia alla quale i nemici ti avranno ridotto entro tutte le tue città. 56 La donna più raffinata e delicata tra di voi, che per delicatezza e raffinatezza non si sarebbe provata a posare in terra la pianta del piede, guarderà di malocchio il proprio marito, il figlio e la figlia 57 e si ciberà di nascosto di quanto esce dai suoi fianchi e dei bambini che deve ancora partorire, mancando di tutto durante l'assedio e l'angoscia alla quale i nemici ti avranno ridotto entro tutte le tue città.

58 Se non cercherai di eseguire tutte le parole di questa legge, scritte in questo libro, avendo timore di questo nome glorioso e terribile del Signore tuo Dio, 59 allora il Signore colpirà te e i tuoi discendenti con flagelli prodigiosi: flagelli grandi e duraturi, malattie maligne e ostinate. 60 Farà tornare su di te le infermità dell'Egitto, delle quali tu avevi paura, e si attaccheranno a te. 61 Anche ogni altra malattia e ogni flagello, che non sta scritto nel libro di questa legge, il Signore manderà contro di te, finché tu non sia distrutto. 62 Voi rimarrete in pochi uomini, dopo essere stati numerosi come le stelle del cielo, perché non avrai obbedito alla voce del Signore tuo Dio. 63 Come il Signore gioiva a vostro riguardo nel beneficarvi e moltiplicarvi, così il Signore gioirà a vostro riguardo nel farvi perire e distruggervi; sarete strappati dal suolo, che vai a prendere in possesso. 64 Il Signore ti disperderà fra tutti i popoli, da un'estremità fino all'altra; là servirai altri dei, che né tu, né i tuoi padri avete conosciuti, dei di legno e di pietra. 65 Fra quelle nazioni non troverai sollievo e non vi sarà luogo di riposo per la pianta dei tuoi piedi; là il Signore ti darà un cuore trepidante, languore di occhi e angoscia di anima. 66 La tua vita ti sarà dinanzi come sospesa a un filo; temerai notte e giorno e non sarai sicuro della tua vita. 67 Alla mattina dirai: Se fosse sera! e alla sera dirai: Se fosse mattina!, a causa del timore che ti agiterà il cuore e delle cose che i tuoi occhi vedranno. 68 Il Signore ti farà tornare in Egitto, per mezzo di navi, per una via della quale ti ho detto: Non dovrete più rivederla! e là vi metterete in vendita ai vostri nemici come schiavi e schiave, ma nessuno vi acquisterà».

TERZO DISCORSO

69 Queste sono le parole dell'alleanza che il Signore ordinò a Mosè di stabilire con gli Israeliti nel paese di Moab, oltre l'alleanza che aveva stabilito con loro sull'Oreb.

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Deuteronomy 28
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Blessings for Obedience

28 “Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.(A) 2 All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God:

3 You will be blessed in the city
and blessed in the country.
4 Your descendants[a] will be blessed,
and your land’s produce,
and the offspring of your livestock,
including the young of your herds
and the newborn of your flocks.(B)
5 Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in
and blessed when you go out.

7 “The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions. 8 The Lord will grant you a blessing on your storehouses and on everything you do;[b] He will bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 9 The Lord will establish you as His holy people,(C) as He swore to you, if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will stand in awe of you. 11 The Lord will make you prosper abundantly with children,[c] the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce in the land the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands.(D) You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. 13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them. 14 Do not turn aside to the right or the left from all the things I am commanding you today, and do not go after other gods to worship them.

Curses for Disobedience

15 “But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:(E)

16 You will be cursed in the city
and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
18 Your descendants[d] will be cursed,
and your land’s produce,
the young of your herds,
and the newborn of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in
and cursed when you go out.

20 The Lord will send against you curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you do[e] until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of the wickedness of your actions in abandoning Me. 21 The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will afflict you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, burning heat, drought,[f] blight, and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish. 23 The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will turn the rain of your land into falling[g] dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. 25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.(F)

27 “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion, 29 so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark.(G) You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you. 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will help you. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.[h] 33 A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually. 34 You will be driven mad by what you see. 35 The Lord will afflict you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and thighs—from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.(H)

36 “The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone. 37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.(I)

38 “You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with oil, because your olives will drop off. 41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner. 42 Whirring insects will take possession of all your trees and your land’s produce. 43 The foreign resident among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower. 44 He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

45 “All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the Lord your God and keep the commands and statutes He gave you. 46 These curses will be a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever. 47 Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything, 48 you will serve your enemies the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke(J) on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand, 50 a ruthless nation,[i] showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young. 51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and your land’s produce until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, oil, young of your herds, or newborn of your flocks until they cause you to perish. 52 They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

53 “You will eat your children,[j] the flesh of your sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you(K) during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you. 54 The most sensitive and refined man among you will look grudgingly[k] at his brother, the wife he embraces,[l] and the rest of his children, 55 refusing to share with any of them his children’s flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns. 56 The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter, 57 the afterbirth that comes out from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you within your gates.

58 “If you are not careful to obey all the words of this law, which are written in this scroll, by fearing this glorious and awesome name—Yahweh, your God— 59 He will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. 60 He will afflict you again with all the diseases of Egypt, which you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also afflict you with every sickness and plague not recorded in the book of this law, until you are destroyed. 62 Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so He will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be deported from the land you are entering to possess. 64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. 65 You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place(L) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit. 66 Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival. 67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see. 68 The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again.(M) There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit The fruit of your womb
  2. Deuteronomy 28:8 Lit you put your hand to
  3. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit abundantly in the fruit of your womb
  4. Deuteronomy 28:18 Lit The fruit of your womb
  5. Deuteronomy 28:20 Lit you put your hand to
  6. Deuteronomy 28:22 Or sword
  7. Deuteronomy 28:24 Lit powder and
  8. Deuteronomy 28:32 Lit day, and not for power your hand
  9. Deuteronomy 28:50 Lit a nation strong of face
  10. Deuteronomy 28:53 Lit eat the fruit of your womb
  11. Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit you his eye will be evil
  12. Deuteronomy 28:54 Lit wife of his bosom
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28 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:

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

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be 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 store.

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

7 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.

8 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.

9 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 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.

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 sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 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.

13 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:

14 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.

15 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:

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

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

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 shalt thou be when thou goest out.

20 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.

21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22 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.

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

24 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 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.

26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man 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, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29 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.

30 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.

31 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.

32 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.

33 The fruit 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:

34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35 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.

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 shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

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

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

40 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.

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

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

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to 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 hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

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

47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48 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.

49 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;

50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

51 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.

52 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.

53 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:

54 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:

55 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.

56 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,

57 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.

58 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;

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

61 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.

62 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 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.

64 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.

65 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:

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

67 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.

68 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.

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Blessings for Obedience

28 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow(A) all his commands(B) I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.(C) 2 All these blessings will come on you(D) and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

3 You will be blessed(E) in the city and blessed in the country.(F)

4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(G)

5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(H)

7 The Lord will grant that the enemies(I) who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.(J)

8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless(K) you in the land he is giving you.

9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people,(L) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands(M) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(N) of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(O) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(P)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(Q) of his bounty,(R) to send rain(S) on your land in season and to bless(T) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(U) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(V) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(W) 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,(X) following other gods and serving them.

Curses for Disobedience

15 However, if you do not obey(Y) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,(Z) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:(AA)

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.(AB)

17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.(AC)

18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(AD)

19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.(AE)

20 The Lord will send on you curses,(AF) confusion and rebuke(AG) in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin(AH) because of the evil(AI) you have done in forsaking him.[a] 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.(AJ) 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(AK) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(AL) with blight(AM) and mildew, which will plague(AN) you until you perish.(AO) 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.(AP) 24 The Lord will turn the rain(AQ) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(AR) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(AS) and you will become a thing of horror(AT) to all the kingdoms on earth.(AU) 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds(AV) and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(AW) 27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt(AX) and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope(AY) about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue(AZ) you.

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her.(BA) You will build a house, but you will not live in it.(BB) You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.(BC) 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation,(BD) and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. 33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression(BE) all your days.(BF) 34 The sights you see will drive you mad.(BG) 35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils(BH) that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.(BI)

36 The Lord will drive you and the king(BJ) you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors.(BK) There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.(BL) 37 You will become a thing of horror,(BM) a byword(BN) and an object of ridicule(BO) among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.(BP)

38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,(BQ) because locusts(BR) will devour(BS) it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine(BT) or gather the grapes, because worms will eat(BU) them.(BV) 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.(BW) 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.(BX) 42 Swarms of locusts(BY) will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.

43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.(BZ) 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.(CA) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.(CB)

45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you(CC) until you are destroyed,(CD) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.(CE) 47 Because you did not serve(CF) the Lord your God joyfully and gladly(CG) in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst,(CH) in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke(CI) on your neck(CJ) until he has destroyed you.

49 The Lord will bring a nation against you(CK) from far away, from the ends of the earth,(CL) like an eagle(CM) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,(CN) 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old(CO) or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine(CP) or olive oil,(CQ) nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.(CR) 52 They will lay siege(CS) to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.(CT)

53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.(CU) 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.(CV) 56 The most gentle and sensitive(CW) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(CX) 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them(CY) secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law,(CZ) which are written in this book, and do not revere(DA) this glorious and awesome name(DB)—the Lord your God— 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt(DC) that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law,(DD) until you are destroyed.(DE) 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky(DF) will be left but few(DG) in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased(DH) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please(DI) him to ruin and destroy you.(DJ) You will be uprooted(DK) from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter(DL) you among all nations,(DM) from one end of the earth to the other.(DN) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(DO) 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place(DP) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes(DQ) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.(DR) 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.(DS) 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again.(DT) There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

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