Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 28:16-44

16Cursedאָר֥וּר'a.RurH779shalt thou be in thecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892, andcursedוְאָר֥וּרve.'a.RurH779shalt thou be in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ba.sa.DehH7704.

17Cursedאָר֥וּר'a.RurH779shall be thybasketטַנְאֲךָ֖tan.'a.KhaH2935and thy kneadingtrough.

18Cursedאָר֥וּר'a.RurH779shall be thefruitפְּרִֽי־pe.ri-H6529of thybodyבִטְנְךָ֖vit.ne.KhaH990, and thefruitוּפְרִ֣יu.fe.RiH6529of thygroundאַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ'ad.ma.Te.khaH127, theincreaseשְׁגַ֥רshe.GarH7698of thy kine, and theyoungוְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹתve.'ash.te.RotH6251of thyflockצֹאנֶֽךָ׃tzo.Ne.khaH6629.

19Cursedאָר֥וּר'a.RurH779shalt thou be when thou comest in, andcursedוְאָר֥וּרve.'a.RurH779shalt thou be when thou goestoutבְּצֵאתֶֽךָ׃be.tze.Te.khaH3318.

20TheLORDיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068shallsendיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971uponH3027thee cursing, discomfiture, andrebukeהַמִּגְעֶ֔רֶתha.mig.'E.retH4045, inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605that thou puttest thinehandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027unto for todoתַּעֲשֶׂ֑הta.'a.SehH6213,untilעַ֣ד'adH5704thou bedestroyedהִשָּֽׁמֶדְךָ֤hi.sha.med.KhaH8045, anduntilוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704thouperishאֲבָדְךָ֙'a.va.de.KhaH6quicklyמַהֵ֔רma.HerH4118;becauseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834of theevilרֹ֥עַRo.a'H7455of thydoingsמַֽעֲלָלֶ֖יךָma.'a.la.Lei.khaH4611,wherebyאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hast forsakenmeH7971.

21TheLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallmakeH3615thepestilenceהַדָּ֑בֶרha.Da.verH1698cleave unto thee,untilעַ֚ד'adH5704he haveconsumedH3615thee fromoffמֵעַל֙me.'AlH5921thelandהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127, whither thou goest in topossessלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

22TheLORDיְ֠הוָהYah.wehH3068shallsmiteיַכְּכָ֣הya.ke.KhahH5221thee withconsumptionבַּשַּׁחֶ֨פֶתba.sha.Che.fetH7829, and withfeverוּבַקַּדַּ֜חַתu.vak.ka.Da.chatH6920, and withinflammationוּבַדַּלֶּ֗קֶתu.vad.da.Le.ketH1816, and withfieryH2746heatH2746, and with theswordוּבַחֶ֔רֶבu.va.Che.revH2719, and with blasting, and withmildewוּבַיֵּרָק֑וֹןu.vai.ye.ra.KonH3420; and they shallpursueוּרְדָפ֖וּךָu.re.da.Fu.khaH7291theeuntilעַ֥ד'adH5704thouperishאָבְדֶֽךָ׃'a.ve.De.khaH6.

23And thyheavenשָׁמֶ֛יךָsha.Mei.khaH8064that is over thyheadרֹאשְׁךָ֖ro.she.KhaH7218shall bebrassנְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shetH5178, and theearthוְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776that isunderתַּחְתֶּ֖יךָtach.Tei.khaH8478thee shall beironבַּרְזֶֽל׃bar.ZelH1270.

24TheLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallmakeיִתֵּ֧ןyi.TenH5414therainמְטַ֥רme.TarH4306of thylandאַרְצְךָ֖'ar.tze.KhaH776powderאָבָ֣ק'a.VakH80anddustוְעָפָ֑רve.'a.FarH6083: fromheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064shall itcomeיֵרֵ֣דye.RedH3381downH3381uponעָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921thee,untilעַ֖ד'adH5704thou bedestroyedהִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃hi.sha.me.DakhH8045.

25TheLORDיְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehH3068shallcauseיִתֶּנְךָ֨yi.ten.KhaH5414thee to be smittenbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thineenemiesאֹיְבֶיךָ֒'o.ye.vei.KhaH341: thou shaltgoתֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'H3318outH3318onewayבְּדֶ֤רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870againstאֵלָ֔יו'e.LavH413them, and shaltfleeתָּנ֣וּסta.NusH5127sevenוּבְשִׁבְעָ֥הu.ve.shiv.'AhH7651waysדְרָכִ֖יםde.ra.KhimH1870beforeלְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.NavH6440them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro amongallלְכֹ֖לle.KholH3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

26And thy carcase shall be meat untoallH3605fowls of the air, and unto thebeastsוּלְבֶהֱמַ֣תu.le.ve.he.MatH929of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and there shall benoneוְאֵ֖יןve.'EinH369to fray themawayH3605.

27TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068shallsmiteיַכְּכָ֨הya.ke.KhahH5221thee with theboilבִּשְׁחִ֤יןbish.ChinH7822ofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808behealedלְהֵרָפֵֽא׃le.he.ra.Fe'H7495.

28TheLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068shallsmiteיַכְּכָ֣הya.ke.KhahH5221thee withmadnessבְּשִׁגָּע֖וֹןbe.shi.ga.'onH7697, and withblindnessוּבְעִוָּר֑וֹןu.ve.'i.va.RonH5788, and with astonishment ofheartלֵבָֽב׃le.VavH3824:

29and thou shaltgropeH4959at noonday, as theblindהָעִוֵּר֙ha.'i.VerH5787gropeth indarknessבָּאֲפֵלָ֔הba.'a.fe.LahH653, and thou shaltnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808prosperתַצְלִ֖יחַtatz.Li.achH6743in thywaysדְּרָכֶ֑יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870: and thou shalt beonlyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389oppressedעָשׁ֧וּק'a.ShukH6231and spoiled alway, and there shall benoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369tosaveמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃mo.Shi.a'H3467thee.

30Thou shaltbetrothתְאָרֵ֗שׂte.'a.ResH781awifeH802, andanotherאַחֵר֙'a.CherH312manוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376shall lie withherH802: thou shaltbuildתִּבְנֶ֖הtiv.NehH1129anhouseבַּ֥יִתBa.yitH1004, and thou shaltnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808dwellתֵשֵׁ֣בte.ShevH3427therein: thou shaltplantתִּטַּ֖עti.Ta'H5193avineyardכֶּ֥רֶםKe.remH3754, and shaltnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808use the fruit thereof.

31Thineoxשׁוֹרְךָ֞shor.KhaH7794shall be slainbeforeH6440thineeyesלְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869, and thou shaltnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808eatתֹאכַל֮to.KhalH398thereof: thine ass shall be violentlytakenגָּז֣וּלga.ZulH1497awayH7725frombeforeH6440thyfaceH6440, and shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808berestoredH7725to thee: thysheepצֹֽאנְךָ֙tzo.ne.KhaH6629shall begivenנְתֻנ֣וֹתne.tu.NotH5414unto thineenemiesלְאֹיְבֶ֔יךָle.'o.ye.Vei.khaH341, and thou shalt havenoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369tosaveמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃mo.Shi.a'H3467thee.

32Thysonsבָּנֶ֨יךָba.Nei.khaH1121and thydaughtersוּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323shall begivenנְתֻנִ֨יםne.tu.NimH5414untoanotherאַחֵר֙'a.CherH312peopleלְעַ֤םle.'AmH5971, and thineeyesוְעֵינֶ֣יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869shalllookרֹא֔וֹתro.'otH7200, and fail with longing for themallכָּל־kol-H3605thedayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117: and there shall be nought in thepowerH3027of thinehandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027.

33Thefruitפְּרִ֤יpe.RiH6529of thygroundאַדְמָֽתְךָ֙'ad.ma.te.KhaH127, andallH3605thy labours, shall anationעַ֖ם'amH5971whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou knowestnotלֹא־lo'-H3808eatיֹאכַ֥לyo.KhalH398upH398; and thou shalt beonlyרַ֛קrakH7535oppressedעָשׁ֥וּק'a.ShukH6231andcrushedוְרָצ֖וּץve.ra.TzutzH7533alway:

34soוְהָיִ֖יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961that thou shalt bemadמְשֻׁגָּ֑עme.shu.Ga'H7696for thesightH5869of thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou shaltseeתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200.

35TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068shallsmiteיַכְּכָ֨הya.ke.KhahH5221thee in thekneesהַבִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ha.bir.Ka.yimH1290, and in thelegsH7272, with a soreboilבִּשְׁחִ֣יןbish.ChinH7822, whereof thou canstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808behealedלְהֵרָפֵ֑אle.he.ra.Fe'H7495, from thesoleמִכַּ֥ףmi.KafH3709of thyfootרַגְלְךָ֖rag.le.KhaH7272unto thecrownH6936of thyheadH6936.

36TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068shallbringH3045thee, and thykingמַלְכְּךָ֙mal.ke.KhaH4428whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou shaltsetתָּקִ֣יםta.KimH6965over thee, unto anationגּ֕וֹיGoyH1471whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hastnotH3808knownH3045, thounorH3808thyfathersוַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָva.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1; and there shalt thouserveוְעָבַ֥דְתָּve.'a.Vad.taH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאָֽבֶן׃va.'A.venH68.

37And thou shaltbecomeוְהָיִ֣יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961an astonishment, aproverbH4912, and abywordלְמָשָׁ֖לle.ma.ShalH4912, amongallH3605thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971whither theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall lead theeawayH3605.

38Thou shaltcarryH3318muchרַ֖בravH7227seedזֶ֥רַעZe.ra'H2233outH3318intoH3318thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704, and shaltgatherתֶּאֱסֹ֔ףte.'e.SofH622littleוּמְעַ֣טu.me.'AtH4592in; for thelocustהָאַרְבֶּֽה׃ha.'ar.BehH697shallconsumeיַחְסְלֶ֖נּוּyach.se.Le.nuH2628it.

39Thou shaltplantתִּטַּ֖עti.Ta'H5193vineyardsכְּרָמִ֥יםke.ra.MimH3754and dress them, but thou shaltneitherלֹֽא־lo'-H3808drinkתִשְׁתֶּה֙tish.TehH8354of thewineוְיַ֤יִןve.Ya.yinH3196,norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808gatherתֶאֱגֹ֔רte.'e.GorH103the grapes; for the worm shalleatתֹאכְלֶ֖נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398them.

40Thou shalt haveoliveזֵיתִ֛יםzei.TimH2132treesH2132throughoutH3605allH3605thybordersגְּבוּלֶ֑ךָge.vu.Le.khaH1366, but thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808anointתָס֔וּךְta.SukhH5480thyself with theoilוְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ve.She.menH8081: for thineoliveזֵיתֶֽךָ׃zei.Te.khaH2132shall castitsH3605fruitH3605.

41Thou shaltbegetתּוֹלִ֑ידto.LidH3205sonsבָּנִ֥יםba.NimH1121anddaughtersוּבָנ֖וֹתu.va.NotH1323, but they shallnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808be thine; for they shallgoH1961intoH1961captivityבַּשֶּֽׁבִי׃ba.She.viH7628.

42Allכָּל־kol-H3605thytreesעֵצְךָ֖'e.tze.KhaH6086and thefruitוּפְרִ֣יu.fe.RiH6529of thygroundאַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ'ad.ma.Te.khaH127shall the locustpossessיְיָרֵ֖שׁye.ya.ReshH3423.

43Thestrangerהַגֵּר֙ha.GerH1616that is in themidstבְּקִרְבְּךָ֔be.kir.be.ChaH7130of thee shallmountH5927upH5927aboveעָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921theehigherמַ֣עְלָהMa'.lahH4605andhigherמָּ֑עְלָהMa.'e.lahH4605; and thou shaltcomeH5927downתֵרֵ֖דte.RedH3381lowerמַ֥טָּהMa.tahH4295andlowerמָּֽטָּה׃Ma.tahH4295.

44He shalllendיַלְוְךָ֔yal.ve.KhaH3867to thee, and thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808lendתַלְוֶ֑נּוּtal.Ve.nuH3867to him: he shall be theheadלְרֹ֔אשׁle.RoshH7218, and thou shalt be thetailלְזָנָֽב׃le.za.NavH2180.

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