Deuteronomy 28:9-12

28:9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments ¹  and obey him. ²  28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, ³  and they will respect you. 28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ⁴  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ⁵  promised your ancestors ⁶  he would give you. 28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ⁷  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

¹ tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

² tn Heb “and walk in his ways” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “the name of the Lord is called over you.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership; see 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1, as well as BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph. 2.d.(4).

⁵ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

⁷ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”