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T1 Deuteronomy 28 — Scripture Readings
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1"Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord, your God, to observe carefully all his commandments, which I command you today, that the Lord, your God, will set you high above all nations of the earth.”
“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 commanded thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations…”
“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all…”
“now it shall be if you diligently obey the Lord your God being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth”
“it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations…”
“Now it shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God to observe carefully all his commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all the other nations of the earth”
4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
“Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kind and the flocks of thy sheep.”
7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
“The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways.”
“The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways.”
“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and shall flee before you seven ways.”
“The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise against thee to be smitten before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way. They shall flee before thee in seven ways.”
8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
“The Lord shall commend the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto, and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
“The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee and thy storehouses and in all that thou settest thy hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
“The Lord shall command the blessings upon thee in thy storehouses and all that thou settest thine hand unto, and He shall bless thee in the land which the Lord giveth thee.”
“The Lord shall establish thee and 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.”
“The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself as he has sworn unto thee. If thou shall keep the commandments of the Lord thy God and walk in his ways.”
“The Lord shall establish thee and holy people unto himself as he has sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God and walk in his ways”
11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
“And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swear unto thy fathers to give thee.”
12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
“The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thy hand. And thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow.”
“The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but shall not borrow.”
“The Lord will open to you His good treasury, the heavens to give you rain to your land and its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.”
13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
“And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail. And thou shalt be above only and thou shalt not be beneath if thou hearken unto the commandment of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do them.”
“And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serve them.”
“And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods, to serve them.”
“thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand, to the left, to go after the other gods, to serve them.”
15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
“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…”
“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…”
“it shall come to pass if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.”
“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today. That all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.”
“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake…”
“but it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and…”
20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
“The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, and all that thou settest thy hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed and until thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast…”
“The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, beckoning, rebuking, and all that thou settest thine hand unto, for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast…”
22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
“The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption and with a fever and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the sword and with blasting and with mildew and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.”
25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
“The Lord shall cause thee, verse 25, to be smitten before thine enemies, and thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. Thou shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.”
“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them, but you shall flee seven ways before them. And you shall be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.”
29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
“And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness. And thou shalt not prosper in thy ways, and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.”
“And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways. And thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.”
“You will grope at noon and as the blind man gropes in darkness. And you will not prosper in your ways, but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually with none to save you.”
30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
“You shall betroth a wife, but another man will ravish her. You will build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.”
31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.no reading yet
32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
“Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people. Thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them. All the day long there shall be no might in thine hand.”
“A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you shall never be anything but oppressed and crushed continually.”
36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
“The Lord shall bring thee thy king which thou shalt set over thee unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there shalt thou serve other gods wood and stone.”
45All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
“Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord thy God to keep His commandments and His statutes, which He…”
“moreover all these curses shall come upon thee and shall pursue thee and overtake thee till thou be destroyed, because thou hearkenest not unto the voice of the Lord thy God to keep his commandments and his statutes which he…”
“all these curses come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.”
48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
“Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, of which the Lord shall send against thee in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in want of all things, and He shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck until He hath destroyed thee.”
49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
“the Lord shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth as swift as the eagle flyeth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand,”
“the Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth as swift as the eagle flyeth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand,”
51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.no reading yet
52They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
“They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trust come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has…”
“and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates until thy high and fenced walls come down wherein thou trustest throughout all thy land. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the Lord thy God hath…”
53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
“You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you in the siege that the desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you.”
“and thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee in the siege and in the straightness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee.”
54The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,no reading yet
55refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.no reading yet
56The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterno reading yet
57the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.no reading yet
58If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
“If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law, which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the Lord your God,”
“if thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God,”
“If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law, which are written in this book to fear, fear, fear, fear this honored and awesome name, the Lord your God.”
62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.no reading yet
63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
“And it shall come to pass that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice, strange language, over you to destroy you and to bring you to naught, and you shall be plucked up from off the…”
64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
“and the Lord shall scatter thee among all people from the one end of the earth even onto the other, and there thou shalt serve other gods which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.”
“"...and the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other, and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.”
65Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
“And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the stool of thy foot have rest. But the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and feeling of eyes, and sorrow of mind.”
“And among these nations thou shalt find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest, but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart and a failing of eyes and sorrow mind,”
67In the morning you will say, 'If only it were evening!' and in the evening you will say, 'If only it were morning!'—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
“In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even, and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning. For the fear of thine heart, for which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see.”
“in the morning you shall say, would that it were evening, and the evening you shall say, would that it were morning, because the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of the eyes which you see.”
68The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."
“The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships by the way, whereof I shake unto thee, and thou shalt see it no more again. And there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.".”