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| יהוהYahuah, name of Elohim |
1“And
it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to
guard to do all His commands which I command you today, that יהוה your
Elohim shall set you high above all nations of the earth.
2“And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim:
3“Blessed are you in the city, and blessed are you in the field.
4“Blessed
is the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground and the fruit
of your livestock – the increase of your cattle and the offspring of
your flocks.
5“Blessed is your basket and your kneading bowl.
6“Blessed are you when you come in, and blessed are you when you go out.
7“יהוה
causes your enemies who rise against you to be smitten before your face
– they come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8“יהוה
commands the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which
you set your hand, and shall bless you in the land which יהוה your
Elohim is giving you.
9“יהוה
does establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to
you, if you guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim and walk in His
ways.
10“And all peoples of the earth shall see that the Name of יהוה is called upon you, and they shall be afraid of you.
11“And
יהוה shall make you to have plenty of what is good, in the fruit of
your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your
ground, in the land of which יהוה swore to your fathers to give you.
12“יהוה
opens to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your
land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. And you
shall lend to many nations, but you do not borrow.
13“And
יהוה shall make you the head and not the tail. And you shall be only on
top, and not be beneath, if you obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim,
which I command you today, to guard and do.
14“And
do not turn aside from any of the Words which I am commanding you
today, right or left, to go after other mighty ones to serve them.
15“And
it shall be, if you do not obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard
to do all His commands and His laws which I command you today, that all
these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:
16“Cursed are you in the city, and cursed are you in the field.
17“Cursed is your basket and your kneading bowl.
18“Cursed is the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
19“Cursed are you when you come in, and cursed are you when you go out.
20“יהוה
sends on you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you
set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish
quickly, because of the evil of your doings by which you have forsaken
Me.
21“יהוה makes the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.
22“יהוה
smites you with wasting disease, and with inflammation, and with
burning, and with extreme heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and
with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.
23“And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you iron.
24“יהוה makes the rain of your land powder and dust; from the heavens it comes down on you until you are destroyed.
25“יהוה
causes you to be defeated before your enemies – you go out one way
against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall become a
horror to all the reigns of the earth.
26“And
your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the heavens and the
beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten them away.
27“יהוה
shall smite you with the boils of Mitsrayim, with tumours, with the
scab, and with the itch, from which you are unable to be healed.
28“יהוה shall smite you with madness and blindness and bewilderment of heart.
29“And
you shall be groping at noon, as a blind man gropes in darkness, and
not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and plundered
all the days, with no one to save you.
30“You
become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her. You build a
house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its
fruit.
31“Your
ox is slaughtered before your eyes, but you do not eat of it. Your
donkey is violently taken from before you, and it is not given back to
you. Your sheep are given to your enemies, with no one to save them.
32“Your
sons and your daughters are given to another people, and your eyes look
and fail for them all day long, and your hand powerless.
33“A
people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your
labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.
34“And you shall be maddened because of the sight which your eyes see.
35“יהוה
smites you in the knees and on the legs with evil boils of which you
are unable to be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of
your head.
36“יהוה
brings you and the sovereign whom you set over you to a nation which
neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other
mighty ones, wood and stone.
37“Thus you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which יהוה drives you.
38“You take much seed out into the field but gather little in, for the locust consumes it.
39“You plant vineyards, and shall labour, but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats it.
40“You have olive trees in all your border, but do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off.
41“You bring forth sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity.
42“Locusts possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground.
43“The sojourner who is among you rises higher and higher above you, but you come down lower and lower.
44“He lends to you, but you do not lend to him. He is the head, and you are the tail.
45“And
all these curses shall come upon you, and they shall pursue and
overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the
voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard His commands and His laws which He
commanded you.
46“And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed, forever.
47“Because you did not serve יהוה your Elohim with joy and gladness of heart for all the plenty,