Deuteronomy 28:1-14
1 a“Now it shall be, if you diligently ▼▼ Lit listen to the voice of
obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God cwill set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2“All these blessings will come upon you and dovertake you if you ▼▼ Lit listen to the voice of
obey the Lord your God: 3“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be fin the ▼▼ Or field
country. 4“Blessed shall be the ▼▼ Lit fruit
offspring of your ▼▼ Lit womb
body and the ▼▼ Lit fruit
produce of your ground and the ▼▼ Lit fruit
offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. 5“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6“Blessed shall you be lwhen you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7“The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be ▼▼ Lit smitten
defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. 8“The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in nall that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. 9 o“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10“So all the peoples of the earth will see that ▼▼ Lit the name of the Lord is called upon you
,
qyou are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you. 11 r“The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the ▼▼ Lit fruit
offspring of your ▼▼ Or womb
body and in the ▼▼ Lit fruit
offspring of your beast and in the ▼▼ Lit fruit
produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12“The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and wyou shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 x“The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to ▼▼ Lit keep and do
observe them carefully, 14and zdo not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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