Reject His Statutes and He Will Strike You

¹⁴ ‘^(A)But if you do not obey Me and do not do all these commandments, ¹⁵ if, instead, you ^(B)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My judgments so as not to do all My commandments and so ^(C)break My covenant, ¹⁶ I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a ^(D)sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the ^(E)soul to pine away; also, ^(F)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. ¹⁷ And I will ^[a]set My face against you so that you will be ^[b]defeated before your enemies; and ^(G)those who hate you will have dominion over you, and ^(H)you will flee when no one is pursuing you. ¹⁸ If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you ^(I)seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹ I will also ^(J)break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over to become like iron and your earth like bronze. ^20 (K)And your power will be spent uselessly, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.

²¹ ‘If then, you ^(L)walk in hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you ^(M)seven times according to your sins. ^22 (N)And I will send out among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and cut down your cattle and reduce your number so that ^(O)your roads lie desolate.

²³ ‘^(P)And if by these things you do not accept My discipline, but walk in hostility against Me, ²⁴ then I will ^(Q)walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you ^(R)seven times for your sins. ²⁵ I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute ^(S)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send ^(T)pestilence among you so that you shall be given over into enemy hands. ^26 (U)When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread by rationed weight so that you will ^(V)eat and not become full.