Deuteronomy 28:45–52

⁴⁵“So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you ^auntil you are destroyed, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

⁴⁶“And they shall become ^aa sign and a wonder on you and your seed forever.

⁴⁷“^aBecause you did not serve Yahweh your God with gladness and a merry heart—because of the abundance of all things,

⁴⁸therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh will send against you, ^ain hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He ^bwill put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

⁴⁹“^aYahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, ^bas the eagle swoops down, a nation whose tongue you shall not understand,

⁵⁰a nation of fierce countenance who will ^ahave no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

⁵¹“Moreover, it shall eat the ¹offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also will not allow grain, new wine, or oil, and the increase of your herd or the young of your flock to remain for you until they have caused you to perish.

⁵²“^aAnd it shall besiege you in all your gates until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your gates throughout your land which Yahweh your God has given you.