Deuteronomy:28

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* And it shall come to pass , if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God , to observe [and ] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day , that the LORD thy God will (note :)He will make you the most excellent of all people .(:note ) set thee on high above all nations of the earth : * And all these blessings shall come on thee , and (note :)When you think you are forsaken .(:note ) overtake thee , if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God . * Blessed [shalt ] thou [be ] in the (note :)You will live richly .(:note ) city , and blessed [shalt ] thou [be ] in the field . * Blessed [shall be ] the fruit (note :)Your children and succession .(:note ) of thy body , and the fruit of thy ground , and the fruit of thy cattle , the increase of thy kine , and the flocks of thy sheep . * Blessed shalbe thy basket and thy dough . * Blessed [shalt ] thou [be ] when thou (note :)All your enterprises will have good success .(:note ) comest in , and blessed [shalt ] thou [be ] when thou goest out . * The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way , and flee before thee (note :)Meaning many ways .(:note ) seven ways . * The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses , and in all that thou settest thine (note :)God will bless us , if we do our duty and are not idle .(:note ) hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee . * The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself , as he hath sworne vnto thee , if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God , and walke in his wayes . * And all people of the earth shall see that thou art (note :)In that he is your God , and you are his people .(:note ) called by the name of the LORD ; and they shall be afraid of thee . * And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods , in the fruite of thy body , and in the fruite of thy cattell , and in the fruite of thy grounde , in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers , to giue thee . * The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure , the (note :)For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sends his blessings from heaven .(:note ) heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season , and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations , and thou shalt not borrow . * And the Lord shal make thee the head , &amp ; not the tayle , &amp ; thou shalt be aboue onely , and shalt not bee beneath , if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God , which I command thee this day , to keepe and to do them . * But thou shalt not decline from any of the wordes , which I command you this day , either to the right hand or to the left , to goe after other gods to serue them . * But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God , to keepe &amp ; to do all his commandementes and his ordinances , which I command thee this day , then al these curses shal come vpon thee , and ouertake thee . * Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne , and cursed also in the fielde . * Cursed shal thy basket be , &amp ; thy dough . * Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body , and the fruite of thy land , the increase of thy kine , &amp ; the flockes of thy sheepe . * Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in , and cursed also when thou goest out . * The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing , trouble , &amp ; shame , in all that which thou settest thine hand to do , vntil thou be destroyed , and perish quickely , because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me . * The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee , vntill he hath consumed thee from the land , whither thou goest to possesse it . * The Lorde shall smite thee with a consumption , and with the feuer , and with a burning ague , and with feruent heate , &amp ; with the sworde , and with blasting , and with the mildew , &amp ; they shal pursue thee vntill thou perish . * And thy heaven that [is ] over thy head shall be (note :)It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass .(:note ) brass , and the earth that is under thee [shall be ] iron . * The Lorde shal giue thee for the rayne of thy land , dust &amp ; ashes : euen from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee , vntil thou be destroyed . * The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them , and flee seven ways before them : and shalt be (note :)Some read , you shall be a terror and fear , when they hear how God has plagued you .(:note ) removed into all the kingdoms of the earth . * And thy (note :)You will be cursed both in your life and in your death : for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection a sign you will lack because of your wickedness .(:note ) carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air , and unto the beasts of the earth , and no man shall fray [them ] away . * The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt , &amp ; with the emeroids , &amp ; with the skab , and with the itche , that thou canst not be healed . * And ye Lorde shal smite thee with madnes , and with blindnes , and with astonying of heart . * And thou shalt grope at noonday , as the (note :)In things most evident and clear you will lack discretion and judgment .(:note ) blind gropeth in darkness , and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore , and no man shall save [thee ]. * Thou shalt betroth a wife , &amp ; another man shal lye with her : thou shalt builde an house , and shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vineyard , and shalt not eate the fruite . * Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes , and thou shalt not eate thereof : thine asse shall be violently taken away before thy face , and shal not be restored to thee : thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies , and no man shal rescue them for thee . * Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be ] given unto another people , and thine eyes (note :)When they will return from their captivity .(:note ) shall look , and fail [with longing ] for them all the day long : and [there shall be ] no might in thine hand . * The fruite of thy land and all thy labours shall a people , which thou knowest not , eate , and thou shalt neuer but suffer wrong , and violence always : * So that thou shalt be madde for the sight which thine eyes shal see . * The Lord shal smite thee in the knees , and in the thighes , with a sore botche , that thou canst not be healed : euen from the sole of thy foote vnto the top of thine head . * The LORD shall bring thee , and thy (note :)As he did Manasseh , Joiakim , Zedekiah and others .(:note ) king which thou shalt set over thee , unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ; and there shalt thou serve other gods , wood and stone . * And thou shalt be a wonder , a prouerbe and a common talke among all people , whither the Lord shall carie thee . * Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde , and shalt gather but litle in : for the grashoppers shall destroy it . * Thou shalt plant a vineyard , and dresse it , but shalt neither drinke of the wine , nor gather the grapes : for the wormes shall eate it . * Thou shalt haue Oliue trees in all thy coastes , but shalt not anoynt thy selfe with the oyle : for thine oliues shall fall . * Thou shalt beget sonnes , and daughters , but shalt not haue them : for they shall goe into captiuitie . * All thy trees and fruit of thy land (note :)Under one kind he contains all the vermin , which destroy the fruit of the land : and this is an evident token of God 's curse .(:note ) shall the locust consume . * The straunger that is among you , shall clime aboue thee vp on hie , and thou shalt come downe beneath alow . * He shall lend thee , and thou shalt not lend him : he shalbe the head , &amp ; thou shalt be ye tayle . * Moreouer , all these curses shall come vpon thee , and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee , till thou be destroyed , because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God , to keepe his commaundements , and his ordinances , which he commanded thee : * And they shalbe vpon thee for signes &amp ; wonders , and vpon thy seede for euer , * Because thou seruedst not the Lorde thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things . * Therefore thou shalt serue thine enemies which the Lord shal send vpon thee , in hunger &amp ; in thirst , and in nakednesse , and in neede of all things ? And he shall put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntill he haue destroyed thee . * The Lord shall bring a nation vpon thee from farre , euen from the ende of the world , flying swift as an Egle : a nation whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstand : * A nation of a fierce countenance , which will not regarde the person of the olde , nor haue compassion of the yong . * The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell , and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed , and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate , wine , nor oyle , neither the increase of thy kyne , nor the flockes of thy sheepe , vntill he haue brought thee to nought . * And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities , vntill thine hie and strong walles fall downe , wherein thou trustedst in all the lande : and hee shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy lande , which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee . * And thou shalt eate the fruite of thy bodie : euen the flesh of thy sonnes and thy daughters , which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee , during the siege &amp ; straitnesse wherein thine enemie shall inclose thee : * So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you ) shalbe grieued at his brother , and at his wife , that lieth in his bosome , and at the remnant of his children , which hee hath yet left , * For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children , whom he shall eate , because he hath nothing left him in that siege , and straitnesse , wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities . * The tender and delicate (note :)As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel , ( 2Ki_6:28 ) and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem .(:note ) woman among you , which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness , her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom , and toward her son , and toward her daughter , * And toward her (note :)Hunger will so bite her , that she will be ready to eat her child before it is delivered .(:note ) young one that cometh out from between her feet , and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all [things ] secretly in the siege and straitness , wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates . * If thou wilt not observe to do (note :)For he that offends in one , is guilty of all , ( Jam_2:10 )(:note ) all the words of this law that are written in this book , that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name , THE LORD THY GOD ; * The the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull , and the plagues of thy seede , euen great plagues and of long continuance , and sore diseases , and of long durance . * Moreouer , he will bring vpon thee all the diseases of Egypt , whereof thou wast afraide , and they shall cleaue vnto thee . * Also every sickness , and every plague , which [is ] not (note :)Declaring , that God has infinite means to plague the wicked , besides those that are ordinary or written .(:note ) written in the book of this law , them will the LORD bring upon thee , until thou be destroyed . * And ye shall be left few in nomber , where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude , because thou wouldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God . * And as the Lord hath reioyced ouer you , to doe you good , and to multiply you , so he will reioyce ouer you , to destroy you , and bring you to nought , and ye shalbe rooted out of the land , whither thou goest to possesse it . * And the LORD shall (note :)Signifying that it is a singular gift from God to be in a place where we may worship God purely and declare our faith and religion .(:note ) scatter thee among all people , from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods , which neither thou nor thy fathers have known , [even ] wood and stone . * Also among these nations thou shalt finde no rest , neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest : for the Lord shal giue thee there a trembling heart , and looking to returne till thine eyes fall out , and a sorowfull minde . * And thy life shall hang before thee , and thou shalt feare both night and day , and shalt haue none assurance of thy life . * In the morning thou shalt say , Woulde God it were euening , and at the euening thou shalt say , Would God it were morning , for ye feare of thine heart , which thou shalt feare , and for the sight of thine eyes , which thou shalt see . * And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with (note :)Because they were unmindful of that miracle , when the sea made room for them to pass through .(:note ) ships , by the way whereof I spake unto thee , Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen , and no man shall buy [you ].

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