Deuteronomy 28:12-19
King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 28:12-19
Lexham English Bible
12 Yahweh shall open for you his rich[a] storehouse, even the heavens, to give the rain for[b] your land in its time and to bless all of the work of your hand, and you will lend to many nations; you will not borrow from them. 13 And Yahweh shall make you[c] as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top of the nations, and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you today[d] and diligently observe them.[e] 14 And you shall not turn aside from any of[f] the words that I am commanding you today[g] to the right or left by going after other gods to serve them.
15 “And then[h] if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God by diligently observing[i] all of his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today,[j] then all of these curses shall come upon you, and they shall overtake you:
16 “You shall[k] be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.
17 “Your basket shall be cursed and your kneading trough.
18 “The fruit of your womb shall be cursed and the fruit of you ground, the calves of your cattle and the lambs of your flock.
19 “You shall be cursed when you come in,[l] and you shall be cursed when you go out.[m]
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- Deuteronomy 28:12 Literally “good”
- Deuteronomy 28:12 Hebrew “of”
- Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “place/set you up”
- Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 28:13 Literally “to observe them and to do them”
- Deuteronomy 28:14 Literally “all of”
- Deuteronomy 28:14 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 28:15 Literally “and it will happen”
- Deuteronomy 28:15 Literally “to observe and to do”
- Deuteronomy 28:15 Literally “the day”
- Deuteronomy 28:16 All of these curses have a future orientation that points to Israel in the land of Canaan
- Deuteronomy 28:19 Literally “at/in your coming”
- Deuteronomy 28:19 Literally “at/in your going out”
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