28:1 “If you indeed 1 obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving 2 you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. 28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance 3 if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 4
1 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”
2 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).
3 tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
5 tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.