Exodus 23:26

23:26 No woman will miscarry her young ¹  or be barren in your land. I will fulfill ²  the number of your days.

Deuteronomy 28:2-4

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  28:4 Your children ⁵  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Deuteronomy 28:11

28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ⁶  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ⁷  promised your ancestors ⁸  he would give you.

Deuteronomy 28:15-18

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁹  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ¹⁰  28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field. 28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed. 28:18 Your children ¹¹  will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Hosea 9:14

9:14 Give them, O Lord –

what will you give them?

Give them wombs that miscarry,

and breasts that cannot nurse! ¹² 

¹ tn Or “abort”; Heb “cast.”

² sn No one will die prematurely; this applies to the individual or the nation. The plan of God to bless was extensive, if only the people would obey.

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.

⁷ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁹ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

¹¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

¹¹ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

¹² tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

¹³ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

¹⁵ tn Heb “breasts that shrivel up dry”; cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV “dry breasts.”