Punishment for Disobedience

¹⁴ “‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,^(A)

Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵ However, if you do not obey^(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,^(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:^(C)

²⁷ But if you do not obey^(A) me to keep the Sabbath^(B) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire^(C) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”^(D)

¹⁰ To this day they have not humbled^(A) themselves or shown reverence,^(B) nor have they followed my law^(C) and the decrees^(D) I set before you and your ancestors.^(E)

²³ Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed^(A) his law or his decrees^(B) or his stipulations, this disaster^(C) has come upon you, as you now see.”^(D)