Penalties of Disobedience

¹⁴ ‘^(A)But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, ¹⁵ if, instead, you ^(B)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to ^(C)break My covenant, ¹⁶ I, in turn, will do this to you: I will ^[a]summon a ^(D)sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the ^(E)soul languish; also, ^(F)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it. ¹⁷ And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and ^(G)those who hate you will rule 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 punish you ^(I)seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹ I will also ^(J)break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. ^20 (K)Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

²¹ ‘Yet if you ^[b](L)show hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you ^(M)seven times according to your sins. ^22 (N)I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that ^(O)your roads become deserted.

²³ ‘^(P)And if by these things you do not learn your lesson regarding Me, but you show hostility toward Me, ²⁴ then I in turn will ^(Q)show hostility toward 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 a ^(T)plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy. ^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 ^[c]in rationed amounts, so that you will ^(V)eat and not be satisfied.