13 And the Lord will make ayou the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you1 heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
14aSo you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Curses on Disobedience
15 “But it shall come to pass, aif you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.
17 “Cursed shallbe your basket and your kneading bowl.
18 “Cursed shallbe the1 fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
19 “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
20 “The Lord will send on you acursing, bconfusion, and crebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.
21 The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.
22aThe Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with bscorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
23 And ayour heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shallbe iron.
24 The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
25a“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become1 troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.
26aYour carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away.
27 The Lord will strike you with athe boils of Egypt, with btumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.
Overtake thee - So that thou shalt not be able to escape them, as thou shalt vainly hope and endeavour to do. There is no running from God, but by running to him; no flying from his justice, but by flying to his mercy.
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