Deuteronomy 28:15-19

Context

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore¹ 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:² 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 children³ will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 28:19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.⁴

[28:15] ¹tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

[28:15] ²tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

[28:18] ³tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[28:19] ⁴sn See note on the similar expression in v. 6.