Deuteronomy - Chapter 28
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do
all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy
God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all
these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in
the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the
fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle,
the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. 5 Blessed shall
be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou
comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The LORD will
cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee;
they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven
ways. 8 The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and
in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LORD will establish thee
for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt
keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His ways. 10 And
all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the LORD is called
upon thee; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the LORD will make
thee over-abundant for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit
of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the land which the LORD
swore unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The LORD will open unto thee His
good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and
to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations,
but thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the LORD will make thee the head, and
not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath;
if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which
I command thee this day, to observe and to do them; 14 and shalt not turn
aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right
hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee. 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt
thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the
increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. 19 Cursed shalt thou
be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The LORD will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in
all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and
until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby
thou hast forsaken Me. 21 The LORD will make the pestilence cleave unto
thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest
in to possess it.
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures,
© 1985, The Jewish Publication Society with the permission of the
publisher, The Jewish Publication Society