Rewards for Obedience

28 “Indeed, if you diligently obey^[a] the Lord your God to carry out all his commands that I’m giving you today, then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ² Moreover, all these blessings will come upon you in abundance,^[b] if you obey the Lord your God:

³ “Blessed will you be in the city and blessed will you be in the country.

⁴ “Blessed will your children^[c] be, as well as the produce of your land, the offspring of your beasts and cattle, and the offspring of your flock.

⁵ “Blessed will be your grain^[d] basket and your kneading bowl.

⁶ “Blessed will you be in your comings and goings.

⁷ “The Lord will make your enemies, who rise against you and attack from one direction, to flee from you in seven directions.

⁸ “The Lord will send blessings for you with regard to your barns and everything you undertake. Indeed, he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you.

⁹ “The Lord will assign you to be a holy people^[e] for himself, just as he promised you, as long as you keep his^[f] commands and walk in his ways.

¹⁰ “Then all the people of the earth will observe that the name of the Lord is proclaimed^[g] among you, and they will fear you.

¹¹ “The Lord will show his abundant goodness with respect to your children,^[h] the offspring of your animals, and the produce of your farmland that he^[i] promised your ancestors he would give you.

¹² “The Lord will open his rich^[j] treasury, the heavens, to release rain upon your land in season and bless everything you undertake so that you’ll lend to many nations but won’t borrow.

¹³ “The Lord your God will make you the head and not the tail—placing you above and not beneath—if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you today to keep and observe. ¹⁴ Do not deviate from any of his commands that I’m giving you today—neither to the right nor the left—to follow and serve other gods.”