(KJV) Deuteronomy 28¹

⥃The Blessings of Obedience ^{[ Leviticus 25:18–22 ]}

[1] And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt² hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe [and] to do all³ his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set⁴ thee on high above all nations of the earth: [2] And all these blessings shall come on thee⁵, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. [3] Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city⁶, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field⁷. [4] Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.⁸ [5] Blessed [shall be] thy basket⁹ and thy store¹⁰. [6] Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.¹¹ [7] The Lord shall cause¹² thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before¹³ thee seven ways. [8] The Lord shall command¹⁴ the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses¹⁵, and in all that thou settest¹⁶ thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. [9] The Lord shall establish¹⁷ thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn¹⁸ unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. [10] And all¹⁹ people of the earth shall see that thou art called²⁰ by the name of the Lord; and they shall²¹ be afraid of thee. [11] And the Lord shall make thee plenteous²² in goods²³, in the fruit of thy body²⁴, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. [12] The Lord shall open²⁵ unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all²⁶ the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend²⁷ unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. [13] And the Lord shall make thee the head²⁸, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou²⁹ hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]: [14] And thou shalt³⁰ not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right³¹ hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

⥃The Curses of Disobedience ^{[ Leviticus 20:1–9 † Leviticus 26:14–39 ]}

[15] But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt³² 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 curses³³ shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: [16] Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city³⁴, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field³⁵. [17] Cursed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.³⁶ [18] Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body³⁷, and the fruit of thy land³⁸, 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.³⁹ [20] The Lord shall send⁴⁰ upon thee cursing, vexation⁴¹, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do⁴², until thou be⁴³ destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. [21] The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.⁴⁴ [22] The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption⁴⁵, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword⁴⁶, and with blasting⁴⁷, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. [23] And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.⁴⁸⁴⁹ [24] The Lord shall make the rain⁵⁰ of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. [25] The Lord shall cause thee⁵¹ to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed⁵² into all the kingdoms of the earth. [26] And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.⁵³ [27] The Lord will smite thee with the botch⁵⁴ of Egypt, and with the emerods⁵⁵, and with the scab⁵⁶, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. [28] The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:⁵⁷ [29] And thou shalt grope⁵⁸ at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be⁵⁹ only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee]. [30] Thou shalt betroth⁶⁰ a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build⁶¹ an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather⁶² the grapes thereof. [31] Thine ox⁶³ [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee⁶⁴: thy sheep [shall be] given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them]. [32] Thy sons⁶⁵ and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail⁶⁶ [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand. [33] The fruit⁶⁷ of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be⁶⁸ only oppressed and crushed alway: [34] So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.⁶⁹ [35] The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch⁷⁰ that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. [36] The Lord shall bring thee⁷¹, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou⁷² serve other gods, wood and stone. [37] And thou shalt become⁷³ an astonishment, a proverb⁷⁴, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. [38] Thou shalt carry⁷⁵ much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust⁷⁶ shall consume it. [39] Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worms⁷⁷ shall eat them. [40] Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint [thyself⁷⁸] with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [his fruit]. [41] Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them⁷⁹; for they shall go into captivity. [42] All thy trees⁸⁰ and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume⁸¹. [43] The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.⁸² [44] He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.⁸³ [45] Moreover⁸⁴ all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because⁸⁵ thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: [46] And they shall be upon thee for a sign⁸⁶ and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. [47] Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];⁸⁷ [48] Therefore shalt thou serve⁸⁸ thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger⁸⁹, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke⁹⁰ of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. [49] The Lord shall bring a nation⁹¹ against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle⁹² flieth; a nation whose⁹³ tongue thou shalt not understand⁹⁴; [50] A nation of fierce countenance⁹⁵, which shall not⁹⁶ regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: [51] And he shall eat the fruit⁹⁷ of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which [also⁹⁸] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. [52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.⁹⁹ [53] And thou shalt eat the fruit¹⁰⁰ of thine own body¹⁰¹, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: [54] [So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye¹⁰² shall be evil toward his brother, and toward¹⁰³ the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children¹⁰⁴ which he shall leave: [55] So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege¹⁰⁵, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. [56] The tender and delicate¹⁰⁶ woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil¹⁰⁷ toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, [57] And toward her young one¹⁰⁸ that cometh out¹⁰⁹ from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall¹¹⁰ eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. [58] If thou wilt¹¹¹ not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious¹¹² and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; [59] Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, [even] great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.¹¹³ [60] Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.¹¹⁴ [61] Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee¹¹⁵, until thou be destroyed. [62] And ye shall be left few in number¹¹⁶, whereas ye were as the stars¹¹⁷ of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. [63] And it shall come to pass, [that] as the Lord rejoiced over¹¹⁸ you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over¹¹⁹ you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from¹²⁰ off the land whither thou goest to possess it. [64] And the Lord shall scatter¹²¹ thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt¹²² serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone. [65] And among¹²³ these nations shalt thou¹²⁴ find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord¹²⁵ shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes¹²⁶, and sorrow of mind: [66] And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:¹²⁷ [67] In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.¹²⁸ [68] And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt¹²⁹ again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall¹³⁰ be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].