Dual Panel1“If <0518> you indeed <08085> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and are careful <08104> to observe <06213> all <03605> his commandments <04687> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430> will elevate <05945> you above <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776>.
2All <03605> these <0428> blessings <01293> will come <0935> to <05921> you in abundance <05381> if <03588> you obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>:
3You <0859> will be blessed <01288> in the city <05892> and blessed <01288> in the field <07704>.
4Your children <0990> <06529> will be blessed <01288>, as well as the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, the calves of your herds <0504>, and the lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251>.
5Your basket <02935> and your mixing bowl <04863> will be blessed <01288>.
6You will be blessed <01288> when you <0859> come <0935> in and blessed <01288> when you <0859> go out <03318>.
7The Lord <03068> will cause <05414> your enemies <0341> who attack <06965> you to be struck down <05062> before <06440> you; they will attack <03318> you from one <0259> direction <01870> but flee <05127> from <06440> you in seven <07651> different directions <01870>.
8The Lord <03068> will decree <06680> blessing <01293> for you with respect to your barns <0618> and in everything <03605> you do <04916>– yes, he will bless <01288> you in the land <0776> he <0430> <03068> is giving <05414> you.
9The Lord <03068> will designate <06965> you as his holy <06918> people <05971> just as <0834> he promised <07650> you, if <03588> you keep <08104> his commandments <04687> and obey <01980> him.
10Then all <03605> the peoples <05971> of the earth <0776> will see <07200> that <03588> you belong to the Lord <05921> <07121> <03068> <08034>, and they will respect <03372> you <04480>.
11The Lord <03068> will greatly <02896> multiply <03498> your children <0990> <06529>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> in <05921> the land <0127> which <0834> he promised <07650> your ancestors <01> he would give <05414> you.
12The Lord <03068> will open <06605> for you his good <02896> treasure <0214> house, the heavens <08064>, to give <05414> you rain <04306> for the land <0776> in its season <06256> and to bless <01288> all <03605> you do <03027> <04639>; you will lend <03867> to many <07227> nations <01471> but you <0859> will not <03808> borrow <03867> from any.
13The Lord <03068> will make <05414> you the head <07218> and not <03808> the tail <02180>, and you will always end up <01961> at the top <04605> and not <03808> at the bottom <04295>, if <03588> you obey <08085> his <03068> commandments <04687> which <0834> I <0595> am urging <06680> you today <03117> to be careful <08104> to do <06213>.
14But you must not <03808> turn away <05493> from all <03605> the commandments <01697> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, to either the right <03225> or left <08040>, nor pursue <0310> <01980> other <0312> gods <0430> and worship <05647> them.
15“But if <0518> you ignore <06963> <08085> <03808> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and are not careful to keep <08104> all <03605> his commandments <04687> and statutes <02708> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, then all <03605> these <0428> curses <07045> will come <0935> upon <05921> you in full force <05381>:
16You <0859> will be cursed <0779> in the city <05892> and cursed <0779> in the field <07704>.
17Your basket <02935> and your mixing bowl <04863> will be cursed <0779>.
18Your children <0990> <06529> will be cursed <0779>, as well as the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>, the calves of your herds <0504>, and the lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251>.
19You will be cursed <0779> when you <0859> come <0935> in and cursed <0779> when you <0859> go out <03318>.
20“The Lord <03068> will send <07971> on you a curse <03994>, confusing <04103> you and opposing you <04045> in everything <03605> you undertake <03027> <04916> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045> and quickly <04118> perish <06> because <06440> of the evil <07455> of your deeds <04611>, in that <0834> you have forsaken me <05800>.
21The Lord <03068> will plague <01698> you with deadly diseases <01692> until <05704> he has completely removed <03615> you from <05921> the land <0127> you <0859> are about <0935> to possess <03423>.
22He will afflict <05221> you with weakness <07829>, fever <06920>, inflammation <01816>, infection <02746>, sword <02719>, blight <07711>, and mildew <03420>; these will attack <07291> you until <05704> you perish <06>.
23The sky <08064> above <05921> your heads <07218> will be <01961> bronze <05178> and the earth <0776> beneath <08478> you iron <01270>.
24The Lord <03068> will make <05414> the rain <04306> of your land <0776> powder <080> and dust <06083>; it will come down <03381> on <05921> you from <04480> the sky <08064> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>.
25“The Lord <03068> will allow <05414> you to be struck down <05062> before <06440> your enemies <0341>; you will attack <03318> them from one <0259> direction <01870> but flee <05127> from <0413> them in seven <07651> directions <01870> and will become <01961> an object of terror <02189> to all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>.
26Your carcasses <05038> will be <01961> food <03978> for every <03605> bird <05775> of the sky <08064> and wild animal <0929> of the earth <0776>, and there will be no <0369> one to chase them off <02729>.
27The Lord <03068> will afflict <05221> you with the boils <07822> of Egypt <04714> and with tumors <06076>, eczema <01618>, and scabies <02775>, all of which <0834> cannot <03201> <03808> be healed <07495>.
28The Lord <03068> will also subject <05221> you to madness <07697>, blindness <05788>, and confusion <08541> of mind <03824>.
29You will <01961> feel <04959> your way along at noon <06672> like <0834> the blind person <05787> does in darkness <0653> and you will not <03808> succeed <06743> in anything you do <01870>; you will be <01961> constantly <0389> oppressed <06231> and continually <03117> <03605> robbed <01497>, with no one <0369> to save <03467> you.
30You will be engaged <0781> to a woman <0802> and another <0312> man <0376> will rape <07693> her. You will build <01129> a house <01004> but not <03808> live in it. You will plant <05193> a vineyard <03754> but not <03808> even begin <02490> to use it.
31Your ox <07794> will be slaughtered <02873> before your very eyes <05869> but you will not <03808> eat <0398> of it. Your donkey <02543> will be stolen <01497> from <04480> you as you watch <06440> and will not <03808> be returned <07725> to you. Your flock <06629> of sheep will be given <05414> to your enemies <0341> and there will be no one <0369> to save <03467> you.
32Your sons <01121> and daughters <01323> will be given <05414> to another <0312> people <05971> while you look <07200> on in vain <03616> all <03605> day <03117>, and you will be powerless <03027> <0410> <0369> to <0413> do anything about it.
33As for the produce <06529> of your land <0127> and all <03605> your labor <03018>, a people <05971> you do not <03808> know <03045> will consume <0398> it, and you will be <01961> nothing but <07535> oppressed <06231> and crushed <07533> for the rest <03117> of your lives.
34You will go <01961> insane <07696> from seeing <07200> all this.
35The Lord <03068> will afflict <05221> you in your knees <01290> and on <05921> your legs <07785> with painful, incurable <07451> boils <07822>– from the soles <03709> of your feet <07272> to <05704> the top of <06936> your head <06936>.
36The Lord <03068> will force you and your king <04428> whom <0834> you will appoint <06965> over <05921> you to go away <01980> to <0413> a people <01471> whom <0834> you <0859> and your ancestors <01> have not <03808> known <03045>, and you will serve <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> of wood <06086> and stone <068> there <08033>.
37You will become <01961> an occasion of horror <08047>, a proverb <04912>, and an object of ridicule <08148> to all <03605> the peoples <05971> to whom <08033> <0834> the Lord <03068> will drive <05090> you.
38“You will take <03318> much <07227> seed <02233> to the field <07704> but gather <0622> little <04592> harvest, because <03588> locusts <0697> will consume <02628> it.
39You will plant <05193> vineyards <03754> and cultivate <05647> them, but you will not <03808> drink <08354> wine <03196> or <03808> gather <0103> in grapes, because <03588> worms <08438> will eat <0398> them.
40You will have <01961> olive trees <02132> throughout <03605> your territory <01366> but you will not <03808> anoint <05480> yourself with olive oil <08081>, because <03588> the olives <02132> will drop off <05394> the trees while still unripe.
41You will bear <03205> sons <01121> and daughters <01323> but not <03808> keep <01961> them, because <03588> they will be taken <01980> into captivity <07628>.
42Whirring locusts <06767> will take over <03423> every <03605> tree <06086> and all the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>.
43The foreigners <01616> who <0834> reside among <07130> you will become <05927> higher <04605> and higher <04605> over <05921> you and you <0859> will become <03381> lower <04295> and lower <04295>.
44They will lend <03867> to you <0859> but you will not <03808> lend <03867> to them; they will become <01961> the head <07218> and you <0859> will become <01961> the tail <02180>!
45All <03605> these <0428> curses <07045> will fall <0935> on <05921> you, pursuing <07291> and overtaking <05381> you until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>, because <03588> you would not <03808> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> by keeping <08104> his commandments <04687> and statutes <02708> that <0834> he has given <06680> you.
46These curses will be <01961> a perpetual <05769> <05704> sign <0226> and wonder <04159> with reference to you and your descendants <02233>.
47“Because <08478> you have not <03808> served <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> joyfully <08057> and wholeheartedly <03824> <02898> with the abundance <07230> of everything <03605> you have,
48instead in hunger <07458>, thirst <06772>, nakedness <05903>, and poverty <02640> you will serve <05647> your enemies <0341> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> will send <07971> against you. They will place <05414> an iron <01270> yoke <05923> on <05921> your neck <06677> until <05704> they have destroyed <08045> you.
49The Lord <03068> will raise up <05375> a distant <07350> nation <01471> against <05921> you, one from the other side <07097> of the earth <0776> as <0834> the eagle <05404> flies <01675>, a nation <01471> whose <0834> language <03956> you will not <03808> understand <08085>,
50a nation <01471> of stern <05794> appearance <06440> that <0834> will have <05375> no <03808> regard <06440> for the elderly <02205> or <03808> pity <02603> for the young <05288>.
51They will devour <0398> the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929> and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>. They will not <03808> leave <07604> you with any grain <01715>, new wine <08492>, olive oil <03323>, calves of your herds <0504>, or lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251> until <05704> they have destroyed <06> you.
52They will besiege <06887> all <03605> of your villages <08179> until <05704> all of your high <01364> and fortified <01219> walls <02346> collapse <03381>– those in which <0834> you <0859> put your confidence <0982> throughout <03605> the land <0776>. They will besiege <06887> all <03605> your villages <08179> throughout <03605> the land <0776> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you.
53You will then eat <0398> your own offspring <0990> <06529>, the flesh <01320> of the sons <01121> and daughters <01323> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you, because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemies <0341> will constrict <06693> you.
54The man <0376> among you who is by nature <03966> tender <07390> and sensitive <06028> will turn against <07489> his brother <0251>, his beloved <02436> wife <0802>, and his remaining <03499> children <01121>.
55He will withhold <05414> from all of them <01992> his children’s <01121> flesh <01320> that <0834> he is eating <0398> (since there is nothing <03605> <01097> else left <07604>), because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>.
56Likewise, the most tender <07390> and delicate <06028> of your women, who <0834> would never <03808> think <05254> of putting <03322> even the sole <03709> of her foot <07272> on <05921> the ground <0776> because of her daintiness <07391> <06026>, will turn against <07489> her beloved <02436> husband <0376>, her sons <01121> and daughters <01323>,
57and will secretly <05643> eat <0398> her afterbirth <07272> <0996> <03318> <07988> and her newborn <03205> children <01121> (since <0834> she has nothing else <03605>), because <03588> of the severity <02640> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>.
58“If <0518> you refuse <08104> <03808> to obey <06213> all <03605> the words <01697> of this <02063> law <08451>, the things written <03789> in this scroll <05612>, and refuse to fear <03372> this <02088> glorious <03513> and awesome <03372> name <08034>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430>,
59then the Lord <03068> will increase <06381> your punishments <04347> and those of your descendants <02233>– great <01419> and long-lasting <0539> afflictions <04347> and severe <07451>, enduring <0539> illnesses <02483>.
60He will infect <07725> you with all <03605> the diseases <04064> of Egypt <04714> that <0834> you dreaded <03025>, and they will persistently <06440> afflict <01692> you.
61Moreover <01571>, the Lord <03068> will bring <05927> upon <05921> you every <03605> kind of sickness <02483> and plague <04347> not <03808> mentioned <03789> in this <02063> scroll <05612> of commandments <08451>, until <05704> you have perished <08045>.
62There will be very few <04962> of you left <07604>, though <08478> at one time you were as numerous <07230> as the stars <03556> in the sky <08064>, because <03588> you will have disobeyed <06963> <08085> <03808> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>.
63This is what will happen <01961>: Just <0834> as the Lord <03068> delighted <07797> to do good <03190> for you and make you numerous <07235>, he <03068> will take delight <07797> in <05921> <05921> destroying <06> and decimating <08045> you. You will be uprooted <05255> from the land <0127> you <0859> are about <0935> to possess <03423>.
64The Lord <03068> will scatter <06327> you among all <03605> nations <05971>, from one end <07097> of the earth <0776> to <05704> the other <0776> <07097>. There <08033> you will worship <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> that <0834> neither <03808> you <0859> nor your ancestors <01> have known <03045>, gods of wood <06086> and stone <068>.
65Among those <01992> nations <01471> you will have no <03808> rest <07280> nor <03808> will there be <01961> a place of peaceful rest <04494> for the soles <03709> of your feet <07272>, for there <08033> the Lord <03068> will give <05414> you an anxious <07268> heart <03820>, failing <03631> eyesight <05869>, and a spirit <05315> of despair <01671>.
66Your life <02416> will hang <08511> in doubt before <05048> you; you will be terrified <06342> by night <03915> and day <03119> and will have no <03808> certainty <0539> of surviving <02416> from one day to the next.
67In the morning <01242> you will say <0559>, ‘If <04310> only it were <05414> evening <06153>!’ And in the evening <06153> you will say <0559>, ‘I wish it were morning <01242>!’ because of the things you will fear <06342> and the things you will see <07200>.
68Then the Lord <03068> will make you return <07725> to Egypt <04714> by ship <0591>, over a route <01870> I said <0559> to you that you would never <03808> see <07200> again <05750> <03254>. There <08033> you will sell <04376> yourselves to your enemies <0341> as male and female <08198> slaves <05650>, but no <0369> one will buy <07069> you.”