BLESSINGS
FOR OBEDIENCE
If you
Fully Obey the Lord your God
And
Carefully Follow all His Commands I give you today,
The
Lord your God will Set you on High
Above
All the Nations on Earth.
ALL
THESE BLESSINGS WILL COME UPON YOU
AND
ACCOMPANY YOU
If you
Obey the Lord you God:
You
will be Blessed in the City and Blessed in the country.
The
Fruit of your womb will be Blessed,
And
the Crops of your Land and the young of your Livestock--
the
calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Your
basket and your kneading trough will be Blessed.
You
will be Blessed when you come in
And
Blessed when you go out.
The
Lord will grant that the Enemies who Rise Up against you
Will
be Defeated before you.
They
will come at you from one direction
But
Flee from you in Seven.
The
Lord will send a Blessing on your barns
And on
everything you put your hand to.
The
Lord your God will Bless you in the Land He is giving you.
The
Lord will Establish you as His Holy People,
As He
Promised you on Oath,
IF you
Keep the Commands of the Lord your God
And
Walk in His Ways.
Then
All the Peoples on earth will see
That
you are Called by the Name of the Lord,
And
they will Fear you.
The
Lord will grant you abundant Prosperity--
In the
Fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock
And
the crops of you ground--
In the
Land He Swore to your forefathers to give you.
The
Lord will Open the Heavens,
The
Storehouse of His Bounty,
To
Send Rain on your Land in Season
And to
Bless All the Work of your hands.
You
will Lend to many Nations but will borrow from None.
The
Lord will make you the Head, Not the Tail.
IF you
Pay Attention to the Commands of the Lord
And
Carefully Follow them,
You
will Always be at the Top, Never at the Bottom.
Do Not
Turn Aside Form any of the Commands I give you today,
To the
Right or to the Left,
Following
Other “gods” and Serving them.
CURSES
FOR DISOBEDIENCE
However,
IF you Do Not Obey the Lord your God
And Do
Not Follow All His Commands and Decrees
I AM
giving you today
ALL
THESE CURSES WILL COME UPON YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU:
You
will be Cursed in the City and Cursed in the Country.
Your
basket and your kneading trough will be Cursed.
The
Fruit of your Womb will be Cursed,
And
the Crops of you Land, and the calves of your herds
And
the lambs of your flocks.
You
will be Cursed when you come in and Cursed when you go out.
The
Lord will send on you Curses, Confusion and Rebuke
In
Everything you put your hand to,
Until
you are Destroyed and come to Sudden ruin
Because
of the Evil you have done in Forsaking Him.
The
Lord will Plague you with Diseases
Until
He has Destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
The
Lord will strike you with Wasting Diseases,
With
Fever and Inflammation, with Scorching Heat and Drought,
With
Blight and Mildew,
Which
will Plague you until you Perish.
The
Sky over you head will be bronze,
The
Ground beneath you Iron.
The
Lord will Turn the Rain of your Country into Dust and Powder;
It
will comedown from the Skies until you are Ruined.
THE
LORD WILL CAUSE YOU TO BE DEFEATED BEFORE YOUR ENEMIES.
You
will come a them from one Direction
But
Flee from them in Seven,
And
you will become a thing of Horror to All the Kingdoms on Earth.
Your
Carcasses will be Food for All the Birds of the air
And
the Beasts of the Earth,
And
there will be No One to Frighten them away.
The
Lord will Afflict you with the Boils of Egypt and with Tumors,
Festering
Sores and the Itch, from which you Cannot be Cured.
The
Lord will Afflict you will Madness, Blindness and Confusion of Mind.
At
Midday you will Grope about like a Blind man in the Dark.
You
will be Unsuccessful in Everything you do;
Day
after Day you will be Oppressed and Robbed,
With
No One to Rescue you.
You
will be Pledged to be Married to a Woman,
But
Another will take her and Ravish her.
Your
will build a House, but you will Not live in it.
You
will Plant a Vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its
Fruit.
Your
ox will be slaughterer before your eyes,
But
you will eat None of it.
Your
donkey will be Forcibly taken from you and will not be returned.
Your
sheep will be given to your Enemies,
And No
One will Rescue them.
Your
Sons and Daughters will be given to Another Nation,
And
you will wear out your eyes watching for them Day after Day,
Powerless
to lift a hand.
A
People that you do not know will eat what your Land and Labor
Produce,
and
you will have Nothing but Cruel Oppression All your days.
THE
SIGHTS YOU SEE WILL DRIVE YOU MAD.
The
Lord will Afflict your knees and legs with Painful Boils
That
Cannot be Cured,
Spreading
from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
The
Lord will Drive you and the king you set over you
To a
Nation Unknown to you or your fathers.
There
you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.
YOU
WILL BECOME A THING OF HORROR
AND AN
OBJECT OF SCORN AND RIDICULE TO ALL THE NATIONS
Where
the Lord will drive you.
You
will sow much seed in the field by you will harvest little,
Because
locusts will devour it.
You
will plant vineyards and cultivate them
But
you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes,
Because
worms will eat them.
You
will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them,
Because
they will go into Captivity.
Swarms
of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
The
alien who lives among you will Rise above you Higher and Higher,
But
you will Sink Lower and Lower.
He
will Lend to you , but you will not Lend to him.
He
will be the Head, but you will be the Tail.
ALL
THESE CURSES WILL COME UPON YOU.
They
will Pursue you and Overtake you until you are Destroyed,
BECAUSE
YOU DID NOT OBSERVE THE COMMANDS
AND
DECREES HE GAVE YOU.
They
will be a Sign and a Wonder to you and your Descendants Forever.
BECAUSE
YOU DID NOT SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD JOYFULLY
And
Gladly in the Time of Prosperity,
Therefore
in Hunger and thirst, in Nakedness and Dire Poverty,
You
will Serve the Enemies the Lord sends against you.
He
will put and Iron Yoke on your Neck until He has Destroyed you.
The
Lord will bring a Nation against you from Far Away,
From
the ends of the Earth, like an eagle swooping down,
A
nation whose language you will not understand,
A
Fierce-looking Nation without Respect for the Old
Or
Pity for the young.
They
will Devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land
Until
you are Destroyed.
They
will leave you no grain , new wine or oil,
Nor
any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks
Until
you are Ruined.
They
will lay siege to All the Cities throughout your land
Until
the High fortified walls in which you Trust Fall Down.
They
will Besiege All the Cities throughout the land
The
Lord your God is giving you.
Because
of the Suffering that your Enemy will Inflict on you during the
Siege,
You
will Eat the Fruit of the Womb,
The
Flesh of your Sons and Daughters the Lord has given you.
Even
the most gentle and sensitive man among you
Will
have not compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves
Or his
surviving children,
And he
will not give to one of them
Any of
the flesh of his children that he is eating.
It
will be all he has left
Because
of the Suffering your Enemy will Inflict on you
During
the Siege of all your Cities.
IF YOU
DO NOT CAREFULLY FOLLOW ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW,
Which
are written in this Book,
And do
not Revere this Glorious and Awesome Name--
THE
LORD YOUR GOD--
The
Lord will send Fearful Plagues on you and your Descendants,
Harsh
and Prolonged Disasters,
And
Severe and Lingering Illnesses.
He
will bring upon you All the Diseases of Egypt that you Dreaded,
And
they will also bring on you Every Kind of Sickness and Disaster
Not
Recorded in this Book of the Law until you are Destroyed.
You
who were a Numerous as the Stars of the Sky
Will
be left but Few in Number,
BECAUSE
YOU DID NOT OBEY THE LORD YOUR GOD.
Just
as it Pleased the Lord to make you Prosper and Increase in number,
So it
will Please Him to Ruin and Destroy you.
You
will be Uprooted from the Land you are Entering to Possess.
Then
the Lord will Scatter you Among All Nations,
From
one end of the Earth to the other.
There
you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone,
Which
neither you nor your fathers have known.
Among
those Nations you will find No Repose,
No
Place for the sole of your foot.
There
the Lord will give you and Anxious Mind,
Eyes
Weary with Longing, and a Despairing Heart.
You
will live in Constant Suspense, Filled with Dread both Night and Day,
Never
Sure of your life.
In the
Morning you will say, 'If only it were Evening'--
Because
of the Terror that will Fill your Hearts
And
the Sights your eyes will see.
The
Lord will send you back in Ships to Egypt on a Journey
I said
you should never make again.
There
you will Offer yourselves for Sale to your Enemies
As
Male and Female Slaves,
But No
One will buy you.
(Deuteronomy
28)
These
Blessings and Curses are from the God
Who is
the Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever.
(Hebrews
13:8)
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