25 “Yahweh shall cause you to be defeated ⌊before⌋q your enemies; on one road you shall go ⌊against⌋r them,s but you will flee on seven roads ⌊before⌋t them,u and you shall become a thing of horror to all of the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And your dead bodies shall be as food for all of the birds of the heaven and to the animals of the earth, and there shall not be ⌊anyone to frighten them away⌋.v

27 “Yahweh shall afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scurvy and with ⌊the skin rash that cannot be healed⌋.w 28 Yahweh shall afflict you with madness and with blindness and with confusion of heart. 29 And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed in finding your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed ⌊all the time⌋,x and there will not be ⌊anyone who will rescue you⌋. y 30 You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall sleepz with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; a vineyard you shall plant, but you shall not enjoy it. 31 Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, and you shall not eat it; your donkey shall be stolen right ⌊before you⌋,a and it shall not be returned to you; your sheep and your goats shall be given to your enemies, and ⌊there shall not be anyone who rescues you⌋.b 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to other people, and ⌊you will be looking on⌋c ⌊longingly⌋d fore them all day, ⌊but you will be powerless to do anything⌋.f 33 A people that you do not know shall consume the harvest of your land and all your labor, and you will be only oppressed and crushed ⌊for the rest of your lives⌋.g 34 You shall become mad ⌊because of what your eyes shall see⌋.h 35 Yahweh shall strike you with grievous boils on the knees and on the upper thighs from which ⌊you will not be able to be healed⌋,i from the sole of your foot and up to your crown. 36 Yahweh will bring you and your king whom you set up over you to a nation that you or your ancestorsj have not known, and there you will serve other gods of wood and stone. 37 And you will become a horror and a proverb and ridicule among all the peoples where Yahweh drives you there.

38 “You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little produce, for the locust shall devour it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and you shall dressk them, but you shall not drink wine and you shall not gather grapes, for the worm shall eat it.l 40 There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself, for your olivesm shall drop off. 41You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be ⌊yours⌋,n for they shall go into captivity. 42 The cricket shall take possession of all your trees and the fruit of your ground. 43 The alien that is in your midst shall ascend over you, higher and higher, but you shall go down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, but you shall be the tail.