and the widow to perish.
And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, that he may uncover his father’s breast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, which is his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter.
And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to smite the soul of innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that fulfilleth not all the words of this law, to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
(Deuteronomy)
Chapter 28
Promised blessing, threatened curse.

And if thou wilt obey the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments, which I command thee this day, then the LORD thy God shall make thee supreme above all people of the earth,

And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall be upon thee, because thou hast obeyed the voice of the LORD thy God.

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy oxen, and the fruit of thy sheep.

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy rest.

Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest in, blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

And the LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise up against thee before thee: by one way shall they go out against thee, and by seven ways shall they flee from thee.

The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy cellar, and in all that thou shalt undertake, and shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

The LORD will establish thee a holy nation unto him, as he hath sworn unto thee, because thou hast kept the commandments of the LORD thy God, and hast walked in his ways, 10. And all the nations of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD, and shall fear thee.

And the LORD shall make thee to abound in riches, in the fruit of thy womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

And the LORD will open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the works of thine hands. And thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow of any.

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt soar above, and not lie beneath: because thou hast obeyed the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day to keep and to do,

And that thou depart not from any word which I command you this day, either to the right hand, or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve them.

But if thou wilt not obey the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall be upon thee.

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Cursed shall be thy basket and the rest of thy stuff.

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy oxen, and the fruit of thy sheep.

Cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

The LORD shall send among thee destruction, and mischief, and evil, in all that thou takest in hand to do, until thou be destroyed, and perish quickly, because of thy wickedness, because thou hast forsaken me.

The LORD shall put the gland of death upon thee, until he destroy thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

The LORD shall smite thee with sore, and with fever, and with heat, and with rheumatism, and with drought, and with poisonous air, and with jaundice, and shall persecute thee until he destroy thee.

Thy heaven which is above thy head shall be brass, and the earth beneath thee shall be iron.

The LORD shall give unto thy land dust and ashes for rain from heaven upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

The LORD shall smite thee before thine enemies. By one way shalt thou go out unto them, and by seven ways shalt thou flee from them: and thou shalt be scattered abroad among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Thy carcase shall be meat unto every fowl of the air, and to every beast of the earth: and there shall be none to scatter them.

The LORD shall smite thee with the glands of Egypt, with genital warts, and with scabies, and thou shalt not be healed.

The LORD shall smite thee with madness, blindness, and raving of the heart; 29. And thou shalt grope in the noonday, as a blind man gropes in the dark; and thou shalt not prosper in thy way, and shalt suffer violence and injustice all thy days; and no man shall help thee.

A wife shalt thou make thee trust, but another shall sleep with her. A house shalt thou build, but thou shalt not dwell therein. A vineyard shalt thou plant, but thou shalt not make it common.

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof. Your donkey will be taken by force before your face and will not be returned to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will help you.

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and faint upon them daily; and there shall be no strength in thine hands.

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labour, shall a people devour, whom thou knowest not; and thou shalt suffer iniquity, and be crushed all thy days.

And thou shalt be senseless before that which thine eyes shall see.

The LORD will smite thee with an evil gland in thy knees and in thy calves, that thou shalt not be healed from the sole of thy foot even to the crown of thy head.

And the LORD shall drive thee, and thy king, whom thou hast set over thee, among a people whom thou hast not known, nor thy fathers: and there thou shalt change gods, wood, and stones.

And thou shalt be an abomination, and a proverb, and a mockery among all nations, because the LORD hath driven thee.

Thou shalt carry out much seed into the field, and gather it little: for the locusts shall eat it up.

Vineyards shalt thou plant and build, but thou shalt not drink wine, nor read wine: for the worms shall eat it up.

Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil: for
thine olive tree shall be plucked up.

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not have them: for they shall be carried away captive.

All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the vermin eat.

The stranger that is with thee shall ascend above thee, and shall always soar: but thou shalt descend, and shalt always fall.

He shall lend unto thee, but thou shalt not lend unto him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

And all these curses shall come upon thee, and persecute thee, and smite thee, until thou be destroyed; because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes, which he commanded thee.

Therefore signs and wonders shall be in thee, and in thy seed for ever, 47. Because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joy and gladness of heart, when thou hadst all things.

And thou shalt serve thine enemy, whom the LORD shall send thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in all want: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he destroy thee.

The LORD shall send a people upon thee from afar, from the ends of the earth, as an eagle hath cried, whose language thou understandest not,

An insolent people, that regard not the person of the aged, nor spare the young; 51. And he shall eat up the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed: and he shall leave thee none of the corn, nor of the wine, nor of the oil, nor of the fruit of the oxen, nor of the sheep, until it destroy thee;

And it shall afflict thee in all thy gates, until it cast down thy high and strong walls, wherein thou trustedst, in all thy land: and thou shalt be afflicted in all thy gates, throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in anguish and distress, that thine enemy may press thee; 54. That a man, which before lived very tenderly and in lusts among you, shall forgive his brother, and the woman that is in his arms, and the son that is left of his