Deu 28:3-14, Pro 3:33, Isa 24:6-12, 43:28, Jer 9:11, 26:6, 44:22, Lam 1:1 | ESV | STEP | Blessed shall you be in the city , and blessed shall you be in the field .

3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and ^ablessed shall you be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be ^bthe fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your ^ckneading bowl. 6 Blessed shall you be ^dwhen you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 “The Lord ^ewill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 The Lord ^fwill command the blessing on you in your barns and ^gin all that you undertake. ^hAnd he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 9 ⁱThe Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10 And ^jall the peoples of the earth shall see that you are ^kcalled by the name of the Lord, and they shall be ^lafraid of you. 11 And ^mthe Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in ⁿthe fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, ^oto give the rain to your land in its season and ^pto bless all the work of your hands. And ^qyou shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you ^rthe head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14 ^sand if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Proverbs 3:33

33 ^tThe Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he ^ublesses the dwelling of the righteous.

Isaiah 24:6-12

6 Therefore ^va curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants ^wsuffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 ^xThe wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 ^yThe mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine ^zwith singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 ^aaThe wasted city is broken down;
^abevery house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 ^acThere is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
^adall joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.

Isaiah 43:28

28 Therefore ^aeI will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
and ^afdeliver Jacob to utter destruction
and Israel to reviling.

Jeremiah 9:11

11 ^agI will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
^aha lair of jackals,
^aiand I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 26:6

6 then I will make this house ^ajlike Shiloh, and I will make this city ^aka curse for all the nations of the earth.’”

Jeremiah 44:22

22 ^alThe Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and ^amthe abominations that you committed. ^anTherefore your land has become ^aoa desolation and a waste and a curse, ^apwithout inhabitant, as it is this day.

Lamentations 1:1

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^aqHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^ara widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^asa princess among the provinces
has become ^ata slave.