14 The Lord God said to the serpent,

(A)Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And (B)dust you will eat
All the days of your life;

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Consequences of Disobedience

15 (A)But it shall come about, if you do not [a]obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16 (B)Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the [b]country.

17 (C)Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 (D)Cursed shall be the [c]offspring of your [d]body and the [e]produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

19 (E)Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20 (F)The Lord will send upon you curses, confusion, and (G)rebuke, in all [f]you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until (H)you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:15 Lit listen to the voice of
  2. Deuteronomy 28:16 Or field
  3. Deuteronomy 28:18 Lit fruit
  4. Deuteronomy 28:18 Or womb
  5. Deuteronomy 28:18 Lit fruit
  6. Deuteronomy 28:20 Lit the putting forth of your hand which you do

10 For as many as are of the works of [a]the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “(A)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:10 Or law