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28:46 These curses will be <01961> a perpetual <05769> <05704> sign <0226> and wonder <04159> with reference to you and your descendants <02233>. 28:47 “Because <08478> you have not <03808> served <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> joyfully <08057> and wholeheartedly <03824> <02898> with the abundance <07230> of everything <03605> you have, 28:48 instead in hunger <07458>, thirst <06772>, nakedness <05903>, and poverty <02640> you will serve <05647> your enemies <0341> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> will send <07971> against you. They will place <05414> an iron <01270> yoke <05923> on <05921> your neck <06677> until <05704> they have destroyed <08045> you. 28:49 The Lord <03068> will raise up <05375> a distant <07350> nation <01471> against <05921> you, one from the other side <07097> of the earth <0776> as <0834> the eagle <05404> flies <01675>, a nation <01471> whose <0834> language <03956> you will not <03808> understand <08085>, 28:50 a nation <01471> of stern <05794> appearance <06440> that <0834> will have <05375> no <03808> regard <06440> for the elderly <02205> or <03808> pity <02603> for the young <05288>. 28:51 They will devour <0398> the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929> and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> until <05704> you are destroyed <08045>. They will not <03808> leave <07604> you with any grain <01715>, new wine <08492>, olive oil <03323>, calves of your herds <0504>, or lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251> until <05704> they have destroyed <06> you. 28:52 They will besiege <06887> all <03605> of your villages <08179> until <05704> all of your high <01364> and fortified <01219> walls <02346> collapse <03381>– those in which <0834> you <0859> put your confidence <0982> throughout <03605> the land <0776>. They will besiege <06887> all <03605> your villages <08179> throughout <03605> the land <0776> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you. 28:53 You will then eat <0398> your own offspring <0990> <06529>, the flesh <01320> of the sons <01121> and daughters <01323> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has given <05414> you, because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemies <0341> will constrict <06693> you. 28:54 The man <0376> among you who is by nature <03966> tender <07390> and sensitive <06028> will turn against <07489> his brother <0251>, his beloved <02436> wife <0802>, and his remaining <03499> children <01121>. 28:55 He will withhold <05414> from all of them <01992> his children’s <01121> flesh <01320> that <0834> he is eating <0398> (since there is nothing <03605> <01097> else left <07604>), because of the severity <04689> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>. 28:56 Likewise, the most tender <07390> and delicate <06028> of your women, who <0834> would never <03808> think <05254> of putting <03322> even the sole <03709> of her foot <07272> on <05921> the ground <0776> because of her daintiness <07391> <06026>, will turn against <07489> her beloved <02436> husband <0376>, her sons <01121> and daughters <01323>, 28:57 and will secretly <05643> eat <0398> her afterbirth <07272> <0996> <03318> <07988> and her newborn <03205> children <01121> (since <0834> she has nothing else <03605>), because <03588> of the severity <02640> of the siege <04692> by which <0834> your enemy <0341> will constrict <06693> you in your villages <08179>. 28:58 “If <0518> you refuse <08104> <03808> to obey <06213> all <03605> the words <01697> of this <02063> law <08451>, the things written <03789> in this scroll <05612>, and refuse to fear <03372> this <02088> glorious <03513> and awesome <03372> name <08034>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, 28:59 then the Lord <03068> will increase <06381> your punishments <04347> and those of your descendants <02233>– great <01419> and long-lasting <0539> afflictions <04347> and severe <07451>, enduring <0539> illnesses <02483>. 28:60 He will infect <07725> you with all <03605> the diseases <04064> of Egypt <04714> that <0834> you dreaded <03025>, and they will persistently <06440> afflict <01692> you. 28:61 Moreover <01571>, the Lord <03068> will bring <05927> upon <05921> you every <03605> kind of sickness <02483> and plague <04347> not <03808> mentioned <03789> in this <02063> scroll <05612> of commandments <08451>, until <05704> you have perished <08045>. 28:62 There will be very few <04962> of you left <07604>, though <08478> at one time you were as numerous <07230> as the stars <03556> in the sky <08064>, because <03588> you will have disobeyed <06963> <08085> <03808> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>. 28:63 This is what will happen <01961>: Just <0834> as the Lord <03068> delighted <07797> to do good <03190> for you and make you numerous <07235>, he <03068> will take delight <07797> in <05921> <05921> destroying <06> and decimating <08045> you. You will be uprooted <05255> from the land <0127> you <0859> are about <0935> to possess <03423>. 28:64 The Lord <03068> will scatter <06327> you among all <03605> nations <05971>, from one end <07097> of the earth <0776> to <05704> the other <0776> <07097>. There <08033> you will worship <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> that <0834> neither <03808> you <0859> nor your ancestors <01> have known <03045>, gods of wood <06086> and stone <068>. 28:65 Among those <01992> nations <01471> you will have no <03808> rest <07280> nor <03808> will there be <01961> a place of peaceful rest <04494> for the soles <03709> of your feet <07272>, for there <08033> the Lord <03068> will give <05414> you an anxious <07268> heart <03820>, failing <03631> eyesight <05869>, and a spirit <05315> of despair <01671>. 28:66 Your life <02416> will hang <08511> in doubt before <05048> you; you will be terrified <06342> by night <03915> and day <03119> and will have no <03808> certainty <0539> of surviving <02416> from one day to the next. 28:67 In the morning <01242> you will say <0559>, ‘If <04310> only it were <05414> evening <06153>!’ And in the evening <06153> you will say <0559>, ‘I wish it were morning <01242>!’ because of the things you will fear <06342> and the things you will see <07200>. 28:68 Then the Lord <03068> will make you return <07725> to Egypt <04714> by ship <0591>, over a route <01870> I said <0559> to you that you would never <03808> see <07200> again <05750> <03254>. There <08033> you will sell <04376> yourselves to your enemies <0341> as male and female <08198> slaves <05650>, but no <0369> one will buy <07069> you.”

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