11 And (A)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [a]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [b]treasure, the heavens, (B)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (C)to bless all the work of your hand. (D)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make (E)you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you [c]heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
  2. Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
  3. Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to

11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(B)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(C) of his bounty,(D) to send rain(E) on your land in season and to bless(F) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(G) 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(H) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(I)

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