Lev 26:14-39, Deu 27:15-26, 28:15-29:29 | ESV | STEP | But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments ,

14 ^a“But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, 15 if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but ^bbreak my covenant, 16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with ^cwasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And ^dyou shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 I will ^eset my face against you, and ^fyou shall be struck down before your enemies. ^gThose who hate you shall rule over you, and ^hyou shall flee when none pursues you. 18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again ⁱsevenfold for your sins, 19 and I will break ^jthe pride of your power, and I ^kwill make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. 20 And ^lyour strength shall be spent in vain, for ^myour land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

21 ⁿ“Then if you walk contrary to me and will not listen to me, I will continue striking you, sevenfold for your sins. 22 And ^oI will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that ^pyour roads shall be deserted.

23 “And ^qif by this discipline you are not turned to me ^rbut walk contrary to me, 24 ^sthen I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins. 25 And ^tI will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, ^uI will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 ^vWhen I break your supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and ^xyou shall eat and not be satisfied.

27 “But ^yif in spite of this you will not listen to me, but walk contrary to me, 28 then I will walk contrary to you ^zin fury, and I myself will discipline you ^aasevenfold for your sins. 29 ^abYou shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters. 30 And ^acI will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and ^adcast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. 31 And I will ^aelay your cities waste and will ^afmake your sanctuaries desolate, and ^agI will not smell your pleasing aromas. 32 And ^ahI myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be ^aiappalled at it. 33 And ^ajI will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

34 ^ak“Then the land shall enjoy ^{▼▼Or pay for; twice in this verse; also verse 43} its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it. 36 And as for those of you who are left, ^amI will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The ^ansound of a ^aodriven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues. 37 They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And ^apyou shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And those of you who are left shall ^aqrot away in your enemies’ lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

15 ^ar“‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ ^asAnd all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

16 ^at“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

17 ^au“‘Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

18 ^av“‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

19 ^aw“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

20 ^ax“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has ^ayuncovered his father’s nakedness.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew uncovered his father’s skirt} And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

21 ^ba“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

22 ^bb“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

23 ^bc“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

24 ^bd“‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

25 ^be“‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

26 ^bf“‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

Curses for Disobedience

15 “But ^bgif you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and ^bhovertake you. 16 Cursed shall you be ^biin the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20 “The Lord ^bjwill send on you curses, confusion, and ^bkfrustration in all that you undertake to do, ^bluntil you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me. 21 The Lord will make ^bmthe pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 22 ^bnThe Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought ^{▼▼Or sword} and with ^bpblight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And ^bqthe heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron. 24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

25 ^br“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 ^bsshall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And ^btyour dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and ^buthere shall be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will strike you ^bvwith the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and ^bwscabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed. 28 The Lord will strike you with ^bxmadness and blindness and confusion of mind, 29 and you shall ^bygrope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. ^{▼▼Or shall not succeed in finding your ways} And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you. 30 ^caYou shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. ^cbYou shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. ^ccYou shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you. 32 ^cdYour sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, ^cebut you shall be helpless. 33 A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually, 34 so that you are driven mad ^cfby the sights that your eyes see. 35 The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs ^cgwith grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

36 “The Lord will ^chbring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you ^cinor your fathers have known. And ^cjthere you shall serve other gods of wood and stone. 37 And you shall become ^cka horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away. 38 ^clYou shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for ^cmthe locust shall consume it. 39 ^cnYou shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you ^coshall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for ^cpthey shall go into captivity. 42 ^cqThe cricket ^{▼▼Identity uncertain} shall possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground. 43 ^csThe sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. 44 ^ctHe shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. ^cuHe shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

45 ^cv“All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you. 46 They shall be ^cwa sign and a wonder against you and your offspring forever. 47 ^cxBecause you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things, 48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he ^cywill put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you. 49 ^czThe Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, ^daswooping down like the eagle, a nation ^dbwhose language you do not understand, 50 a hard-faced nation ^dcwho shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young. 51 It shall ^ddeat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52 “They shall ^debesiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you. 53 And ^dfyou shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, ^dgin the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you. 54 The man who is the most tender and refined among you will ^dhbegrudge food to his brother, to ^dithe wife he embraces, ^{▼▼Hebrew the wife of his bosom} and to the last of the children whom he has left, 55 so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, ^dkin the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns. 56 ^dlThe most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, ^{▼▼Hebrew the husband of her bosom} to her son and to her daughter, 57 her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, ^dnin the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, ^dothe Lord your God, 59 then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting. 60 And he will bring upon you again all ^dpthe diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed. 62 Whereas ^dqyou were as numerous ^dras the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God. 63 And as the Lord ^dstook delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will ^dttake delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

64 “And the Lord ^duwill scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and ^dvthere you shall serve other gods ^dwof wood and stone, ^dxwhich neither you nor your fathers have known. 65 And ^dyamong these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but ^dzthe Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and ^eaa languishing soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life. 67 ^ebIn the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and ^ecthe sights that your eyes shall see. 68 And the Lord ^edwill bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that ^eeyou should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”

Deuteronomy 29

The Covenant Renewed in Moab

1 ^{▼▼Ch 28:69 in Hebrew} These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel ^egin the land of Moab, besides ^ehthe covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

2 ^{▼▼Ch 29:1 in Hebrew} And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: ^ej“You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, 3 the great ^ektrials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. 4 But to this day ^elthe Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. 5 ^emI have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. 6 ^enYou have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when you came to this place, ^eoSihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. 8 We took their land and ^epgave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. 9 ^eqTherefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper ^{▼▼Or deal wisely} in all that you do.

10 “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew your heads, your tribes} your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the ^etsojourner who is in your camp, from ^euthe one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the ^evsworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 that he may ^ewestablish you today as his people, and that ^exhe may be your God, as he promised you, and ^eyas he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone ^ezthat I am making this sworn covenant, 15 but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, ^faand with whoever is not here with us today.

16 “You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you ^fba root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather ^fcthe anger of the Lord and ^fdhis jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord ^fewill blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 22 And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, ^ffwill say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick— 23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and ^fgsalt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, ^fhan overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, ^fiAdmah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations ^fjwill say, ^fk‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, ^flbringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord ^fmuprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and ^fncast them into another land, as they are this day.’

29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.