Deuteronomy 28:1-20 ▼

1 “ And it shall come to pass, if you will listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your God, to observe carefully to do all His commandments that I command you today, that YHWH your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.

2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of YHWH your God.

3 Blessed are you in the city, and blessed are you in the field.

4 Blessed is the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your ground, and the increase of your herd, the increase of your cattle, and the increase of your flock.

5 Blessed is your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 Blessed are you in your coming in, and blessed are you in your going out.

7 YHWH will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; in one way they shall come out against you, and in seven ways they shall flee before you.

8 YHWH will command with you the blessing in your barns and in every putting forth of your hand, and He will bless you in the land that YHWH your God is giving to you.

9 YHWH will establish you to Himself as a holy people, as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of YHWH your God and walk in His ways.

10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of YHWH is called upon you, and they shall be afraid of you.

11 And YHWH will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land that YHWH swore to your fathers to give to you.

12 YHWH will open to you His good treasure, 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, and you shall not borrow.

13 And YHWH will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall be only above, and be not beneath, if you listen to the commandments of YHWH your God, which I am commanding you today to keep and do.

14 And you shall not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you? this day, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 And it shall come to pass, if you do not listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to observe carefully to do all His commandments and His statutes that I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

16 Cursed are you in the city, and cursed are you in the field.

17 Cursed is your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 Cursed is the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

19 Cursed are you in your coming in, and cursed are you in your going out.

20 YHWH will send on you the cursing, the confusion, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of your hand that you do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.