Deuteronomy 28:15

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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.

14 ^aSo 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 shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 “Cursed shall be 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.

22 ^aThe 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 shall be 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.

25 ^a“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.

26 ^aYour 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.

28 The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and ^aconfusion of heart.

29 And you shall ^agrope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.

30 ^a“You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; ^byou shall build a house, but ^cyou shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes.

31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away from before you, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to rescue them.

32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to ^aanother people, and your eyes shall look and ^bfail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be¹ no strength in your ^chand.

33 A nation whom you have not known shall eat ^athe fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually.

34 So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.

35 The Lord will strike you in the knees and on the legs with severe boils which cannot be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 “The Lord will ^abring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and ^bthere you shall serve other gods—wood and stone.

37 And you shall become ^aan astonishment, a proverb, ^band a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.

38 ^a“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for ^bthe locust shall consume it.

39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the ^awine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.

41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for ^athey shall go into captivity.

42 Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

43 “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

45 “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you¹ did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

46 And they shall be upon ^ayou for a sign and a wonder, and on your descendants forever.

47 ^a“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, ^bfor the abundance of everything,

48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in ^ahunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He ^bwill put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

49 ^aThe Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, ^bas swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

50 a nation of fierce countenance, ^awhich does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 28:15

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American Standard Version
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah 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.

Amplified® Bible
But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

Contemporary English Version
Israel, today I am giving you the laws and teachings of the LORD your God. And if you don't obey them all, he will put many curses on you.

Darby English Version
But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed 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.

Good News Bible
"But if you disobey the LORD your God and do not faithfully keep all his commands and laws that I am giving you today, all these evil things will happen to you:

King James Version
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:

New American Standard Bible
"But it shall come about, if you do not obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

New International Version
However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

New King James Version
“But it shall come to pass, if 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:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" But it shall come about, if you do not obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Revised Standard Version
"But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

Young's Literal Translation
`And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

New English Translation
“But if you ignore¹ the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:²

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