Deuteronomy:28

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And it shall come to pass , if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God , to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day , that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth . * And all these blessings shall come upon thee , and overtake thee , if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God . * Blessed shalt thou be in the city , and blessed shalt thou be in the field . * Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body , and the fruit of thy land , and the fruit of thy cattle , the increase of thy kine , and the young of thy flock . * Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough . * Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in , and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out . * The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee ; they shall come out against thee one way , and shall flee before thee seven ways . * The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns , and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto ; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee . * The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself , as He hath sworn unto thee ; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God , and walk in His ways . * And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the LORD is called upon thee ; and they shall be afraid of thee . * And the LORD will make thee over-abundant for good , in the fruit of thy body , and in the fruit of thy cattle , and in the fruit of thy land , in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee . * The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season , and to bless all the work of thy hand ; and thou shalt lend unto many nations , but thou shalt not borrow . * And the LORD will make thee the head , and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only , and thou shalt not be beneath ; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God , which I command thee this day , to observe and to do them ; * and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day , to the right hand , or to the left , to go after other gods to serve them . * But it shall come to pass , if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God , to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee , and overtake thee . * Cursed shalt thou be in the city , and cursed shalt thou be in the field . * Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough . * Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body , and the fruit of thy land , the increase of thy kine , and the young of thy flock . * Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in , and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out . * The LORD will send upon thee cursing , discomfiture , and rebuke , in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do , until thou be destroyed , and until thou perish quickly ; because of the evil of thy doings , whereby thou hast forsaken Me . * The LORD will make the pestilence cleave unto thee , until He have consumed thee from off the land , whither thou goest in to possess it . * The LORD will smite thee with consumption , and with fever , and with inflammation , and with fiery heat , and with drought , and with blasting , and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish . * And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass , and the earth that is under thee shall be iron . * The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust ; from heaven shall it come down upon thee , until thou be destroyed . * The LORD will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies ; thou shalt go out one way against them , and shalt flee seven ways before them ; and thou shalt be a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth . * And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air , and unto the beasts of the earth , and there shall be none to frighten them away . * The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt , and with the emerods , and with the scab , and with the itch , whereof thou canst not be healed . * The LORD will smite thee with madness , and with blindness , and with astonishment of heart . * And thou shalt grope at noonday , as the blind gropeth in darkness , and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous ; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway , and there shall be none to save thee . * Thou shalt betroth a wife , and another man shall lie with her ; thou shalt build a house , and thou shalt not dwell therein ; thou shalt plant a vineyard , and shalt not use the fruit thereof . * Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes , and thou shalt not eat thereof ; thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face , and shall not be restored to thee ; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies ; and thou shalt have none to save thee . * Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people , and thine eyes shall look , and fail with longing for them all the day ; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand . * The fruit of thy land , and all thy labours , shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed away : * so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see . * The LORD will smite thee in the knees , and in the legs , with a sore boil , whereof thou canst not be healed , from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head . * The LORD will bring thee , and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee , unto a nation that thou hast not known , thou nor thy fathers ; and there shalt thou serve other gods , wood and stone . * And thou shalt become an astonishment , a proverb , and a byword , among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away . * Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field , and shalt gather little in ; for the locust shall consume it . * Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them , but thou shalt neither drink of the wine , nor gather the grapes ; for the worm shall eat them . * Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders , but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olives shall drop off . * Thou shalt beget sons and daughters , but they shall not be thine ; for they shall go into captivity . * All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess . * The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher ; and thou shalt come down lower and lower . * He shall lend to thee , and thou shalt not lend to him ; he shall be the head , and thou shalt be the tail . * And all these curses shall come upon thee , and shall pursue thee , and overtake thee , till thou be destroyed ; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God , to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee . * And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder , and upon thy seed for ever ; * because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness , and with gladness of heart , by reason of the abundance of all things ; * therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee , in hunger , and in thirst , and in nakedness , and in want of all things ; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck , until he have destroyed thee . * The LORD will bring a nation against thee from far , from the end of the earth , as the vulture swoopeth down ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; * a nation of fierce countenance , that shall not regard the person of the old , nor show favour to the young . * And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle , and the fruit of thy ground , until thou be destroyed ; that also shall not leave thee corn , wine , or oil , the increase of thy kine , or the young of thy flock , until he have caused thee to perish . * And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates , until thy high and fortified walls come down , wherein thou didst trust , throughout all thy land ; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land , which the LORD thy God hath given thee . * And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body , the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom the LORD thy God hath given thee ; in the siege and in the straitness , wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee . * The man that is tender among you , and very delicate , his eye shall be evil against his brother , and against the wife of his bosom , and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining ; * so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat , because he hath nothing left him ; in the siege and in the straitness , wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates . * The tender and delicate woman among you , who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness , her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom , and against her son , and against her daughter ; * and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet , and against her children whom she shall bear ; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly ; in the siege and in the straitness , wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates . * If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book , that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name , the LORD thy God ; * then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful , and the plagues of thy seed , even great plagues , and of long continuance , and sore sicknesses , and of long continuance . * And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt , which thou wast in dread of ; and they shall cleave unto thee . * Also every sickness , and every plague , which is not 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 number , whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude ; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God . * And it shall come to pass , that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good , and to multiply you ; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish , and to destroy you ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it . * And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples , from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; and there thou shalt serve other gods , which thou hast not known , thou nor thy fathers , even wood and stone . * And among these nations shalt thou have no repose , and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot ; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart , and failing of eyes , and languishing of soul . * And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear night and day , and shalt have no assurance of thy life . * In the morning thou shalt say : 'Would it were even !' and at even thou shalt say : 'Would it were morning !' for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear , and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see . * And the LORD shall bring thee back into Egypt in ships , by the way whereof I said unto thee : 'Thou shalt see it no more again '; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwoman , and no man shall buy you .

---