You will go insane from seeing all this.

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.

I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal turban in the hand of your God.

“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.

You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

Moses said, “Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

“The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

Joab said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.