Deuteronomy 28 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Blessings for Keeping the Commandments

(Lev 26:1–13; Deu 7:12–24 )

“Now it will be, if^H518 you diligently^H8085 listen^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430, being^H8104 careful^H8104 to do^H6213 all^H3605 His commandments^H4687 which^H834 I am commanding^H6680 you today^H3117, Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 will set^H5414 you high^H5945 above^H5921 all^H3605 the nations^H1471 of the earth^H776.

Deu 28:2

Deu 28:2“And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

Deu 28:3

“Blessed^H1288 shall you be in the city^H5892, and blessed^H1288 shall you be in the [fn]field^H7704.

Deu 28:4

“Blessed^H1288 shall be the [fn]offspring^H6529 of your [fn]body^H990 and the [fn]produce^H6529 of your ground^H127 and the [fn]offspring^H6529 of your beasts^H929, the increase^H7698 of your herd^H504 and the young^H6251 of your flock^H6629.

Deu 28:5

“Blessed^H1288 shall be your basket^H2935 and your kneading^H4863 bowl^H4863.

Deu 28:6

“Blessed^H1288 shall you be when you come^H935 in^H935, and blessed^H1288 shall you be when you go^H3318 out^H3318.

Deu 28:7

“Yahweh^H3068 shall cause^H5414 your enemies^H340 who rise^H6965 up^H6965 against^H5921 you to be [fn]defeated^H5062 before^H6440 you; they will come^H3318 out^H3318 against^H413 you one^H259 way^H1870 and will flee^H5127 before^H6440 you seven^H7651 ways^H1870.

Deu 28:8

Deu 28:8“Yahweh will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you send forth your hand to do, and He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Deu 28:9

Deu 28:9“Yahweh will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and walk in His ways.

Deu 28:10

Deu 28:10“So all the peoples of the earth will see that [fn]you are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will be afraid of you.

Deu 28:11

Deu 28:11“And Yahweh will make you abound in prosperity, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your beast and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.

Deu 28:12

Deu 28:12“Yahweh will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Deu 28:13

Deu 28:13“And Yahweh will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do,

Deu 28:14

Deu 28:14and do not turn aside from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve them.

Curses for Not Keeping the Commandments

(Lev 26:14–46 )

Deu 28:15

“But it will be^H1961, if^H518 you do not listen^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430, to keep^H8104 and to do^H6213 all^H3605 His commandments^H4687 and His statutes^H2708 with which^H834 I am commanding^H6680 you today^H3117, that all^H3605 these^H428 curses^H7045 will come^H935 upon you and overtake^H5381 you:

Deu 28:16

“Cursed^H779 shall you be in the city^H5892, and cursed^H779 shall you be in the [fn]field^H7704.

Deu 28:17

“Cursed^H779 shall be your basket^H2935 and your kneading^H4863 bowl^H4863.

Deu 28:18

“Cursed^H779 shall be the [fn]offspring^H6529 of your [fn]body^H990 and the [fn]produce^H6529 of your ground^H127, the increase^H7698 of your herd^H504 and the young^H6251 of your flock^H6629.

Deu 28:19

“Cursed^H779 shall you be when you come^H935 in^H935, and cursed^H779 shall you be when you go^H3318 out^H3318.

Deu 28:20

“Yahweh^H3068 will send^H7971 upon you the curse^H3994, confusion^H4103, and rebuke^H4045, in all^H3605 [fn]that you send^H4916 forth^H4916 your hand^H3027 to do^H6213, until^H5704 you are destroyed^H8045 and until^H5704 you perish^H6 quickly^H4118, on^H4480^H6440 account^H4480^H6440 of^H4480^H6440 the evil^H7455 of your deeds^H4611, because^H834 you have forsaken^H5800 Me.

Deu 28:21

Deu 28:21“Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it.

Deu 28:22

Deu 28:22“Yahweh will strike you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with [fn]the sword and with scorching wind and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish.

Deu 28:23

Deu 28:23“And [fn]the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.

Deu 28:24

Deu 28:24“Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

Deu 28:25

“Yahweh^H3068 shall cause^H5414 you to be [fn]defeated^H5062 before^H6440 your enemies^H340; you will go^H3318 out^H3318 one^H259 way^H1870 against^H413 them, but you will flee^H5127 seven^H7651 ways^H1870 before^H6440 them, and you will become an example of terror^H2113 to all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776.

Deu 28:26

Deu 28:26“And your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

Deu 28:27

“Yahweh^H3068 will strike^H5221 you with the boils^H7822 of Egypt^H4714 and with tumors^H6076 and with the scab^H1618 and with the itch^H2775, from which^H834 you cannot^H3201^H3808 be healed^H7495.

Deu 28:28

Deu 28:28“Yahweh will strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart;

Deu 28:29

Deu 28:29and you will [fn]grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not succeed in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed all your days, with none to save you.

Deu 28:30

Deu 28:30“You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not [fn]use its fruit.

Deu 28:31

Deu 28:31“Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it; your donkey shall be torn away from you and will not be returned to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you will have none to save you.

Deu 28:32

Deu 28:32“Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and yearn for them all the day long; but there will be nothing [fn]you can do.

Deu 28:33

Deu 28:33“A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed all your days.

Deu 28:34

Deu 28:34“And you shall be driven mad by the sight of what your eyes see.

Deu 28:35

Deu 28:35“Yahweh will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Deu 28:36

Deu 28:36“Yahweh will lead you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

Deu 28:37

Deu 28:37“You shall become an object of horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the people where Yahweh drives you.

Deu 28:38

“You shall bring^H3318 out^H3318 much^H7227 seed^H2233 to the field^H7704, but you will gather^H622 in^H622 little^H4592, for the locust^H697 will consume^H2628 it.

Deu 28:39

Deu 28:39“You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.

Deu 28:40

Deu 28:40“You shall have olive trees throughout your territory, but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

Deu 28:41

Deu 28:41“You shall become the father of sons and daughters, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.

Deu 28:42

Deu 28:42“The cricket shall possess all your trees and the produce of your ground.

Deu 28:43

Deu 28:43“The sojourner who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

Deu 28:44

Deu 28:44“He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.

Deu 28:45

“So all^H3605 these^H428 curses^H7045 shall come^H935 on you and pursue^H7291 you and overtake^H5381 you until^H5704 you are destroyed^H8045, because^H3588 you would not listen^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 to keep^H8104 His commandments^H4687 and His statutes^H2708 which^H834 He commanded^H6680 you.

Deu 28:46

Deu 28:46“And they shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your seed forever.

Deu 28:47

“Because^H8478^H834 you did not serve^H5647 Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 with gladness^H8057 and a merry^H2898 heart^H3824—because of the abundance^H7230 of all^H3605 things^H3605,

Deu 28:48

Deu 28:48therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Deu 28:49

“Yahweh^H3068 will bring^H5375 a nation^H1471 against^H5921 you from afar^H7350, from the end^H7097 of the earth^H776, as the eagle^H5404 swoops^H1675 down^H1675, a nation^H1471 whose^H834 tongue^H3956 you shall not understand^H8085,

Deu 28:50

Deu 28:50a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

Deu 28:51

Deu 28:51“Moreover, it shall eat the [fn]offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also will not allow grain, new wine, or oil, and the increase of your herd or the young of your flock to remain for you until they have caused you to perish.

Deu 28:52

Deu 28:52“And it shall besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your gates throughout your land which Yahweh your God has given you.

Deu 28:53

Deu 28:53“Then you shall eat the [fn]offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you.

Deu 28:54

Deu 28:54“The man who is [fn]refined and very delicate among you [fn]shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife [fn]he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

Deu 28:55

Deu 28:55so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else remaining, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in all your gates.

Deu 28:56

Deu 28:56“The [fn]refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and [fn]refinement, [fn]shall be hostile toward the husband [fn]she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,

Deu 28:57

Deu 28:57and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her [fn]legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in your gates.

Deu 28:58

“If^H518 you are^H8104 not careful^H8104 to do^H6213 all^H3605 the words^H1697 of this^H2088 law^H8451 which are written^H3789 in this^H2088 book^H5612, to [fn]fear^H3372 this^H2088 glorious^H3513 and fearsome^H3372 name^H8034, Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430,

Deu 28:59

Deu 28:59then Yahweh will bring wondrous plagues on you and plagues on those who are your seed, even great and enduring plagues, and miserable and enduring sicknesses.

Deu 28:60

Deu 28:60“And He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you.

Deu 28:61

Deu 28:61“Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring on you until you are destroyed.

Deu 28:62

Deu 28:62“Then you shall remain few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Deu 28:63

Deu 28:63“And it will be that as Yahweh delighted over you to prosper you and multiply you, so Yahweh will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it.

Deu 28:64

Deu 28:64“Moreover, Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.

Deu 28:65

Deu 28:65“Moreover, among those nations you shall find no relief, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there Yahweh will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Deu 28:66

Deu 28:66“So your life shall [fn]hang in doubt before you; and you will be in dread night and day and shall not have any faith in your life.

Deu 28:67

Deu 28:67“In the morning you shall say, ‘Would that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Would that it were morning!’ because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.

Deu 28:68

Deu 28:68“And Yahweh will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I spoke to you, ‘You will never see it again!’ And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”