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 28:1 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

 28:1 ¶ 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 set°° thee on high° above° all° nations° of the earth:°

 28:2 and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

 28:2 And all° these° blessings° shall come°° on° thee, and overtake°° thee, if° thou shalt hearken°° unto the voice° of the LORD° thy God.°

 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

 28:3 Blessed°° [shalt] thou° [be] in the city,° and blessed°° [shalt] thou° [be] in the field.°

 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

 28:4 Blessed°° [shall be] the fruit° 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.°

 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

 28:5 Blessed°° [shall be] thy basket° and thy store.°

 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

 28:6 Blessed°° [shalt] thou° [be] when thou comest in,°° and blessed°° [shalt] thou° [be] when thou goest out.°°

 28:7 Jehovah 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.

 28:7 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 seven° ways.°

 28:8 Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

 28:8 The LORD° shall command°°° the blessing° upon° thee in thy storehouses,° and in all° that thou settest° thine hand° unto; and he shall bless°° thee in the land° which° the LORD° thy God° giveth°° thee.

 28:9 Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

 28:9 The LORD° shall establish°° thee an 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.°

 28:10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.

 28:10 And all° people° of the earth° shall see°° that° thou art called°° by° the name° of the LORD;° and they shall be afraid°° of° thee.

 28:11 And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

 28:11 And the LORD° shall make thee plenteous°° in goods,° in the fruit° of thy body,° and in the fruit° of thy cattle,° and in the fruit° of thy ground,° in° the land° which° the LORD° sware°° unto thy fathers° to give°° thee.

 28:12 Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, 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, and thou shalt not borrow.

 28:12 The LORD° shall open°° unto thee° his good° treasure,°° the 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.°°

 28:13 And Jehovah 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 Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them],

 28:13 And the LORD° shall make°° thee the head,° and not° the tail;° and thou shalt be° above° only,°° and thou shalt not° be° beneath;° if° that thou hearken°° unto° the commandments° of the LORD° thy God,° which° I° command°° thee this day,° to observe°° and to do°° [them]:

 28:14 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.

 28:14 And thou shalt not° go aside°° from any°° of the words° which° I° command°° thee this day,° [to] the right hand,° or [to] the left,° to go°°° after° other° gods° to serve°° them.

 28:15 ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah 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.

 28:15 ¶ 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:

 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

 28:16 Cursed°° [shalt] thou° [be] in the city,° and cursed°° [shalt] thou° [be] in the field.°

 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

 28:17 Cursed°° [shall be] thy basket° and thy store.°

 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

 28:18 Cursed°° [shall be] the fruit° of thy body,° and the fruit° of thy land,° the increase° of thy kine,° and the flocks° of thy sheep.°

 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

 28:19 Cursed°° [shalt] thou° [be] when thou comest in,°° and cursed°° [shalt] thou° [be] when thou goest out.°°

 28:20 Jehovah 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.

 28:20 The LORD° shall send°° upon thee° cursing,°° vexation,° and rebuke,° in all° that thou settest° thine hand° unto for° to do,°° until° thou be destroyed,°° and until° thou perish°° quickly;° because°° of the wickedness° of thy doings,° whereby° thou hast forsaken°° me.

 28:21 Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

 28:21 The LORD° shall make° the pestilence° cleave°° unto thee, until° he have consumed°° thee from off°° the land,° whither°° thou° goest°° to possess°° it.

 28:22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

 28:22 The LORD° shall smite°° thee with a consumption,° and with a fever,° and with an inflammation,° and with an extreme burning,° and with the sword,° and with blasting,° and with mildew;° and they shall pursue°° thee until° thou perish.°°

 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

 28:23 And thy heaven° that° [is] over° thy head° shall be° brass,° and the earth° that° is under° thee [shall be] iron.°

 28:24 Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

 28:24 The LORD° shall make°°° the rain° of thy land° powder° and dust:° from° heaven° shall it come down°° upon° thee, until° thou be destroyed.°°

 28:25 Jehovah 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 tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

 28:25 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° removed° into all° the kingdoms° of the earth.°

 28:26 And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

 28:26 And thy carcase° shall be° meat° unto all° fowls° of the air,° and unto the beasts° of the earth,° and no man° shall fray [them] away.°°

 28:27 Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

 28:27 The LORD° will smite°° thee with the botch° of Egypt,° and with the emerods,°°° and with the scab,° and with the itch,° whereof° thou canst°° not° be healed.°°

 28:28 Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

 28:28 The LORD° shall smite°° thee with madness,° and blindness,° and astonishment° of heart:°

 28:29 and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

 28:29 And thou shalt° grope°° at noonday,° as° the 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].

 28:30 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.

 28:30 Thou shalt betroth°° a wife,° and another° man° shall lie°°°° with° her: thou shalt build°° an house,° and thou shalt not° dwell°° therein: thou shalt plant°° a vineyard,° and shalt not° gather the grapes°° thereof.

 28:31 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.

 28:31 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 rescue°° [them].

 28:32 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.

 28:32 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° long: and [there shall be] no° might° in thine hand.°

 28:33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

 28:33 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°° alway:°°

 28:34 so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

 28:34 So that thou shalt be° mad°° for the sight°° of thine eyes° which° thou shalt see.°°

 28:35 Jehovah 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.

 28:35 The LORD° shall smite°° thee in° the knees,° and in° the legs,° with a sore° botch° that° cannot°°° be healed,°° from the sole°° of thy foot° unto° the top of thy head.°

 28:36 Jehovah 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.

 28:36 The LORD° shall bring°°° thee, and thy 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.°

 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

 28:37 And thou shalt become° an astonishment,° a proverb,° and a byword,° among all° nations° whither°° the LORD° shall lead°° thee.

 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

 28:38 Thou shalt carry°° much° seed° out°°°° into the field,° and shalt gather°° [but] little° in;°°° for° the locust° shall consume°° it.

 28:39 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.

 28:39 Thou shalt plant°° vineyards,° and dress°° [them], but shalt neither° drink°° [of] the wine,° nor° gather°° [the grapes]; for° the worms° shall eat°° them.

 28:40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [its fruit].

 28:40 Thou shalt have° olive trees° throughout all° thy coasts,° but thou shalt not° anoint°° [thyself] with the oil;° for° thine olive° shall cast°° [his fruit].

 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

 28:41 Thou shalt beget°° sons° and daughters,° but thou shalt not° enjoy° them; for° they shall go°°° into captivity.°

 28:42 All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

 28:42 All° thy trees° and fruit° of thy land° shall the locust° consume.°°

 28:43 The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

 28:43 The stranger° that° [is] within° thee shall get up°° above° thee very° high;° and thou° shalt come down°° very° low.°

 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

 28:44 He° shall lend°° to thee, and thou° shalt not° lend°° to him: he° shall be° the head,° and thou° shalt be° the tail.°

 28:45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

 28:45 Moreover all° these° curses° shall come°° upon° thee, and shall pursue°° thee, and overtake°° thee, till° thou be destroyed;°° because° thou hearkenedst°° not° unto the voice° of the LORD° thy God,° to keep°° his commandments° and his statutes° which° he commanded°° thee:

 28:46 and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

 28:46 And they shall be° upon thee for a sign° and for a wonder,° and upon thy seed° for° ever.°°

 28:47 Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

 28:47 Because°° thou servedst°° not°° the LORD° thy God° with joyfulness,° and with gladness° of heart,° for the abundance°° of all° [things];

 28:48 therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah 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.

 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve°°° thine enemies°° which° 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.

 28:49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

 28:49 The LORD° shall bring°° a nation° against° thee from far,°° from the end°° of the earth,° [as swift] as° the eagle° flieth;°° a nation° whose° tongue° thou shalt not° understand;°°

 28:50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

 28:50 A nation° of fierce° countenance,° which° shall not° regard°° the person° of the old,° nor° shew favour°° to the young:°

 28:51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.

 28:51 And he shall eat°° the fruit° of thy cattle,° and the fruit° of thy land,° until° thou be destroyed:°° which° [also] shall not° leave°° thee [either] corn,° wine,° or oil,° [or] the increase° of thy kine,° or flocks° of thy sheep,° until° he have destroyed°° thee.

 28:52 And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

 28:52 And he shall besiege°° thee in all° thy gates,° until° thy high° and fenced°° walls° come down,°° wherein°° thou° trustedst,°° 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.

 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

 28:53 And thou shalt eat°° the fruit° of thine own body,° the flesh° of thy sons° and of thy daughters,° which° the LORD° thy God° hath given°° thee, in the siege,° and in the straitness,° wherewith° thine enemies°° shall distress°° thee:

 28:54 The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

 28:54 [So that] the man° [that is] tender° among you, and very° delicate,° his eye° shall be evil°°° toward his brother,° and toward the wife° of his bosom,° and toward the remnant° of his children° which° he shall leave:°°

 28:55 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 distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.

 28:55 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 enemies°° shall distress°° thee in all° thy gates.°

 28:56 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 toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

 28:56 The tender° and delicate° 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,°

 28:57 and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

 28:57 And toward her 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.°

 28:58 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 fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

 28:58 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 fearful°° name,°° THE LORD° THY GOD;°

 28:59 then Jehovah 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.

 28:59 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.°°

 28:60 And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

 28:60 Moreover he will bring°° upon thee° all° the diseases° of Egypt,° which° thou wast afraid°° of;°° and they shall cleave°° unto thee.

 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

 28:61 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.°°

 28:62 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 Jehovah thy God.

 28:62 And ye shall be left°° few° in number,° whereas°° ye were° as the stars° of heaven° for multitude;° because° thou wouldest not° obey°° the voice° of the LORD° thy God.°

 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah 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.

 28:63 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 destroy°° you, and to bring you to nought;°°° and ye shall be plucked°° from off°° the land° whither°° thou° goest°° to possess°° it.

 28:64 And Jehovah will 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.

 28:64 And the LORD° shall 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.°

 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;

 28:65 And among these° nations° shalt thou find no ease,°°° neither° shall the sole° of thy foot° have° rest:° but the LORD° shall give°° thee there° a trembling° heart,° and failing° of eyes,° and sorrow° of mind:°

 28:66 and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.

 28:66 And thy life° shall hang°°° in doubt° before°° thee; and thou shalt fear°° day° and night,° and shalt have none assurance°°° of thy life:°

 28:67 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.

 28:67 In the morning° thou shalt say,°° Would God°° it were°° even!° and at even° thou shalt say,°° Would God°° it were°° morning!° for the fear°° of thine heart° wherewith° thou shalt fear,°° and for the sight°° of thine eyes° which° thou shalt see.°°

 28:68 And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with 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 bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

 28:68 And the LORD° shall bring°° thee into Egypt° again°° with 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].