Deuteronomy 28:45–52

⁴⁵“All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the Lord your God and keep the commands and statutes he gave you. ⁴⁶These curses will be a sign and a wonder^a against you and your descendants forever. ⁴⁷Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart,^b even though you had an abundance of everything, ⁴⁸you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke^c on your neck until he has destroyed you. ⁴⁹The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth,^d to swoop down on you like an eagle,^e a nation whose language you won’t understand,^{f 50}a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young. ⁵¹They will eat the offspring of your livestock and your land’s produce until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, fresh oil, young of your herds, or newborn of your flocks until they cause you to perish. ⁵²They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.