Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy28

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1. The Blessings of Obedience

   (Leviticus 25:18–22)

2. 1BSB“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.KJVKJV: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
3. 2BSBAnd all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:KJVKJV: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
4. 3BSBYou will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.KJVKJV: Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
5. 4BSBThe fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.KJVKJV: 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.
6. 5BSBYour basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.KJVKJV: Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
7. 6BSBYou will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.KJVKJV: Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
8. 7BSBThe LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.KJVKJV: The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
9. 8BSBThe LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.KJVKJV: The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
10. 9BSBThe LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.KJVKJV: The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
11. 10BSBThen all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.KJVKJV: And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
12. 11BSBThe LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.KJVKJV: And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, 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.
13. 12BSBThe LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.KJVKJV: The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
14. 13BSBThe LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.KJVKJV: And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
15. 14BSBDo not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.KJVKJV: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

16. The Curses of Disobedience

    (Leviticus 20:1–9; Leviticus 26:14–39)

17. 15BSBIf, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:KJVKJV: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt 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 curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
18. 16BSBYou will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.KJVKJV: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
19. 17BSBYour basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.KJVKJV: Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
20. 18BSBThe fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.KJVKJV: Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
21. 19BSBYou will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.KJVKJV: Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
22. 20BSBThe LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.KJVKJV: The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
23. 21BSBThe LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.KJVKJV: The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
24. 22BSBThe LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.KJVKJV: The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
25. 23BSBThe sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.KJVKJV: And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
26. 24BSBThe LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.KJVKJV: The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
27. 25BSBThe LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.KJVKJV: The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
28. 26BSBYour corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.KJVKJV: 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.
29. 27BSBThe LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.KJVKJV: The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
30. 28BSBThe LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,KJVKJV: The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
31. 29BSBand at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.KJVKJV: And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
32. 30BSBYou will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.KJVKJV: Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
33. 31BSBYour ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.KJVKJV: Thine ox 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 thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
34. 32BSBYour sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.KJVKJV: Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
35. 33BSBA people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.KJVKJV: The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
36. 34BSBYou will be driven mad by the sights you see.KJVKJV: So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
37. 35BSBThe LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.KJVKJV: The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
38. 36BSBThe LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.KJVKJV: The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
39. 37BSBYou will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.KJVKJV: And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
40. 38BSBYou will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.KJVKJV: Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
41. 39BSBYou will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.KJVKJV: Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
42. 40BSBYou will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.KJVKJV: Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
43. 41BSBYou will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.KJVKJV: Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
44. 42BSBSwarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.KJVKJV: All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
45. 43BSBThe foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.KJVKJV: The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
46. 44BSBHe will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.KJVKJV: He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
47. 45BSBAll these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.KJVKJV: Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
48. 46BSBThese curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.KJVKJV: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
49. 47BSBBecause you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,KJVKJV: Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
50. 48BSByou will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.KJVKJV: Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
51. 49BSBThe LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,KJVKJV: The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
52. 50BSBa ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.KJVKJV: A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
53. 51BSBThey will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.KJVKJV: And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also 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.
54. 52BSBThey will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.KJVKJV: 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.
55. 53BSBThen you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.KJVKJV: And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, 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:
56. 54BSBThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,KJVKJV: So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
57. 55BSBrefusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.KJVKJV: 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 siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
58. 56BSBThe most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterKJVKJV: The tender and delicate 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 evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
59. 57BSBthe afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.KJVKJV: And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
60. 58BSBIf you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—KJVKJV: If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
61. 59BSBHe will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.KJVKJV: 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.
62. 60BSBHe will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.KJVKJV: Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
63. 61BSBThe LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.KJVKJV: Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
64. 62BSBYou who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.KJVKJV: And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
65. 63BSBJust as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.KJVKJV: And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
66. 64BSBThen the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.KJVKJV: And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
67. 65BSBAmong those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.KJVKJV: And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
68. 66BSBSo your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.KJVKJV: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
69. 67BSBIn the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.KJVKJV: 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.
70. 68BSBThe LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”KJVKJV: And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.