Deu 28 | ABEn | STEP | If in hearing you should hear the voice of the lord your God to guard and to observe all his commandments which I give charge to you today, then [ 3 shall appoint 4 you 1 the lord 2 your God] above all the nations of the earth,

Deuteronomy 28

CHAPTER 28 Blessings from Mount Gerizim

1 If in hearing you should hear the voice of the lord your God to guard and to observe all his commandments which I give charge to you today, then [³shall appoint ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] above all the nations of the earth, 2 then [³shall come ⁴upon ⁵you ¹all ²these blessings], and they shall find you if in hearing you should listen to the voice of the lord your God. 3 Being blessed are you in the city, and being blessed are you in the field. 4 Being blessed are the progeny of your belly, and the produce of your land, and the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep. 5 Being blessed are your storehouses and your surpluses. 6 Being blessed are you in your entering, and being blessed are you in your going forth. 7 [³shall deliver up ¹The lord ²your God] your enemies opposing you by breaking them before your face; [²way ¹in one] they shall come forth against you, and in seven ways they will flee from your face. 8 May the lord send upon you the blessing among your storerooms, and on all what ever you should put your hand. And he will bless you upon the land of which the lord your God gives to you. 9 May [³raise you up ¹The lord ²your God] for himself [²people ¹as a holy], in which manner he swore by an oath to your fathers, if you should hearken to the voice of the lord your God, and should go in his ways. 10 And [⁶shall see ⁷you ¹all ²the ³nations ⁴of the ⁵earth], that the name of the lord is called upon by you, and they shall fear you. 11 And [³shall multiply ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] for good things upon the progeny of your belly, and upon the progeny of your cattle, and upon the produce of your ground, upon the land which the lord swore by an oath to your fathers to give to you. 12 May [²open ³to you ¹the lord ⁶treasury ⁴his ⁵good], the heaven, to give the rain to your land in its season; to bless all the works of your hands; and you shall lend [²nations ¹to many], but you shall not borrow; and you shall yourself rule [²nations ¹many], [⁴you ¹but ²they shall not ³rule]. 13 May [³place ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] as head, and not as the tail; and you will be then above, and you will not be underneath, if you should hearken to the commandments of the lord your God, as many as I give charge to you today, to guard and to observe. 14 You shall not transgress from all the words which I give charge to you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods, to serve them.

Results from the Curse

15 And it shall be if you should not listen to the voice of the lord your God, to guard and to observe all his commandments, as many as I give charge to you today, then shall come upon you all these curses, and they shall overtake you. 16 Accursed are you in the city, and accursed are you in the field. 17 Accursed are your storehouses, and your surplus. 18 Accursed are the progeny of your belly, and the produce of your land; the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep. 19 Accursed are you in your entering, and accursed are you in your going forth. 20 May the lord send upon you lack, and craving, and consumption, upon all things of which ever you should put [²upon ¹your hand], as much as you should do, until whenever he should utterly destroy you, and until whenever he should consume you quickly because of [²wicked ³practices ¹your], because you abandoned me. 21 May the lord cleave [³to ⁴you ¹the ²plague] until whenever he should completely consume you from the land into which you enter there to inherit it. 22 [²strike ³you ¹The lord] with perplexity, and burning heat, and shivering, and aggravation, and carnage, and wind-blown, and paleness; and may they pursue you until whenever they should destroy you. 23 And [⁵will be ⁶to you ¹the ²heaven ³above ⁴your head] as brass, and the earth underneath you as iron. 24 May the lord appoint the rain of your land a cloud of dust; and dust from out of the heaven shall come down upon you, until it should obliterate you, and until whenever it should destroy you. 25 May [²appoint ³you ¹the lord] for slaughter before your enemies. In [²way ¹one] you shall go forth against them, and in seven ways you shall flee from their face. And you will be in dispersion among all kingdoms of the earth. 26 And [²will be ¹your dead] things devoured by the winged creatures of the heaven, and the wild beasts of the earth; and there will not be one frightening away. 27 [²strike ³you ¹The lord] with the sore of Egypt in the buttocks, and [²mange ¹wild], and itching, so as to not be able to heal. 28 [²strike ³you ¹The lord] in derangement, and inability to see, and an astonishment of thought. 29 And you will be groping at midday as [³one ⁴gropes ¹the ²blind] in the darkness, and [²will not ³prosper ¹your ways]. And you will be then injured and torn in pieces all the days, and there shall not be [²you ¹one helping]. 30 [²a wife ¹You shall take], and [²man ¹another] shall have her. [²a house ¹You shall build], and you shall not live in it. [²a vineyard ¹You shall plant], and in no way shall you gather its vintage. 31 Your calf being slain before you, and you will not eat from it. Your donkey being seized by force from you, and it shall not be given back to you. Your sheep being given to your enemies, and there shall not be one helping you. 32 Your sons and your daughters will be given [²nation ¹to another], and your eyes shall see being inflamed over them. And [²shall not ³be strong ¹your hand]. 33 The resources of your land, and all the things of your toils [²shall eat ¹a nation] which you have no knowledge of; and you will be injured and devastated all the days. 34 And you will be deranged through the visions of your eyes which you shall see. 35 [²strike ³you ¹The lord] with [²sore ¹a severe] upon the knees, and upon the legs, so as to not be able to heal yourself from the sole of your feet unto the top of your head. 36 May the lord take you and your rulers, whom ever you should place over yourself, by a nation who you have no knowledge of yourself nor your fathers; and you shall serve there other gods of wood and stone. 37 And you will be there for an enigma, and a parable, and a tale, in all the nations into which ever [²should take ³you ¹the lord] there. 38 [²seed ¹Much] you shall bring forth in the plain, and little will be carried in, for [³shall eat ⁴them ¹the ²locust]. 39 A vineyard you shall plant, and you will work it, and wine you shall not drink, nor will you be glad from it, for [³shall eat ⁴it ¹the ²worm]. 40 Olive trees will be to you in all your borders, but with olive oil you will not anoint, for [²shall flow away ¹your olive]. 41 Sons and daughters you shall bear, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go forth in captivity. 42 All your woods and the produce of your land [³shall completely consume ¹the ²blight]. 43 The foreigner who is among you shall ascend over you upward and upward; but you shall go down lower and lower. 44 This one shall lend to you, but you [²to this one ¹shall not lend]; this one will be for the head, and you will be for the tail. 45 And [³shall come ⁴upon ⁵you ¹all ²these curses], and they shall pursue you, and overtake you, until whenever they shall utterly destroy you, and until whenever they shall consume you. For you did not listen to the voice of the lord your God, to guard his commandments, and his ordinances, as many as I gave charge to you. 46 And they will be for signs to you, and miracles, and among your seed until the eon. 47 Because you did not serve the lord your God with gladness, and with a good heart, because of the multitude of all these. 48 And you shall serve your enemies whom the lord shall send as a successor over you in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things. And he shall put a collar of iron upon your neck, until whenever he should utterly destroy you. 49 [²shall bring ³upon ⁴you ¹The lord] a nation far off from the end of the earth, as the impulse of an eagle, a nation of which you will not hear its voice; 50 a nation impudent in its face who will not admire the face of an old man, and [³for the young ¹will not ²show mercy]. 51 And it will devour the progeny of your cattle, and the produce of your land, so as to not leave behind for you grain, wine, olive oil, herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, until whenever it should destroy you, 52 and should obliterate you in all your cities, until whenever [²should be demolished ¹your walls], the high and the fortified ones upon which you rely upon them in all your land. And it shall afflict you in all your cities, which [³gave ⁴to you ¹the lord ²your God]. 53 And you shall eat the progeny of your belly, the meat of your sons and your daughters, as many as [³gave ⁴to you ¹the lord ²your God] in your straits, and in your affliction, in which [²shall afflict ³you ¹your enemy]. 54 The one tender among you, and the [²delicate ¹very] shall charm with his eye his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the left behind children, who ever should be left to him; 55 so as to give one of them from the flesh of his children whom ever he should eat, because of the not having left behind to him anything in the straits, and in the affliction, in which ever [²should afflict ³you ¹your enemies] in all your cities. 56 And the tender among you, and the [²delicate one ¹exceedingly] of whom has not [²an attempt ¹taken] with her foot to go upon the land because of the delicacy, and because of the tenderness -- she shall charm with her eye her husband, the one near her bosom, and [²son ³and ⁴daughter ¹her]; 57 and her afterbirth coming forth through her thighs, and her child which ever she should give birth to -- they she shall eat them because of the lack of all things, secretly, in the straits. and in the affliction by which [²shall afflict ³you ¹your enemy] in your cities, 58 if you should not hearken to do all the discourses of this law, the ones being written in this scroll, to fear [⁴name ³valued ²and ¹this wonderful] -- the lord your God. 59 Then the lord will render notorious your calamities, and the calamities of your seed, [⁴calamities ¹great ²and ³surprising], and [⁴diseases ¹severe ²and ³sure]. 60 And he shall turn upon you all the grief of Egypt, the severe grief which you were on guard from in front of them, and they shall cleave to you. 61 And every infirmity, and every calamity not being written, and every one being written in [²scroll ³of the ⁴law ¹this], the lord shall bring upon you, until whenever he should utterly destroy you. 62 And you shall be left behind [²in ³number ¹few] for you were as the stars of the heaven in multitude, for you did not hearken to the voice of the lord your God. 63 And it will be in the manner the lord was glad over you, [²good ¹to do] for you, and to multiply you; so the lord will be glad over you to utterly destroy you, and to lift you away from the land into which you enter there to inherit it. 64 And [³will disperse ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] into all the nations, from the tip of the earth, unto the other tip of the earth. And you shall slave there to other gods of wood and stone, which [²have no ³knowledge of ¹you], nor your fathers. 65 But also in those nations he will not rest you, nor in any way will [⁴become ⁵stationary ¹the ²sole ³of your foot]. And [²will give ³to you ¹the lord] there [²heart ¹another] being depressed, and failing eyes, and a melting soul. 66 And [²will be ¹your life] hanging before your eyes. And you shall have fear day and night, and not trust in your life. 67 In the morning you shall say, O how that it might become evening. And in the evening you shall say, O how that it might become morning; from the fear of your heart of which you shall have fear, and from the visions of your eyes which you shall see. 68 And [²will return ³you ¹the lord] unto Egypt in boats, and in the way which I said, You shall not proceed again to behold it. And you shall be sold there to your enemies for manservants and maidservants, and none shall be acquiring you.