Deuteronomy 28:25–41

^25v“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you ^wshall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶And ^xyour dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and ^ythere shall be no one to frighten them away. ²⁷The Lord will strike you ^zwith the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and ^ascabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed. ²⁸The Lord will strike you with ^bmadness and blindness and confusion of mind, ²⁹and you shall ^cgrope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways.² And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you. ^30dYou shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. ^eYou shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. ^fYou shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit. ³¹Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you. ^32gYour sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, ^hbut you shall be helpless. ³³A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually, ³⁴so that you are driven mad ⁱby the sights that your eyes see. ³⁵The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs ^jwith grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

³⁶“The Lord will ^kbring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you ^lnor your fathers have known. And ^mthere you shall serve other gods of wood and stone. ³⁷And you shall become ⁿa horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away. ^38oYou shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for ^pthe locust shall consume it. ^39qYou shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. ⁴⁰You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you ^rshall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off. ⁴¹You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for ^sthey shall go into captivity.