Deuteronomy 28:25-36

English Standard Version

^25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you ^(B)shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And ^(C)your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and ^(D)there shall be no one to frighten them away. ²⁷ The Lord will strike you ^(E)with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and ^(F)scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed. ²⁸ The Lord will strike you with ^(G)madness and blindness and confusion of mind, ²⁹ and you shall ^(H)grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways.^[a] And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you. ^30 (I)You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. ^(J)You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. ^(K)You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit. ³¹ Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you. ^32 (L)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, ^(M)but you shall be helpless. ³³ A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually, ³⁴ so that you are driven mad ^(N)by the sights that your eyes see. ³⁵ The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs ^(O)with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

³⁶ “The Lord will ^(P)bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you ^(Q)nor your fathers have known. And ^(R)there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.