²⁵The Lord will cause you to be defeated^x before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,^y and you will become a thing of horror^z to all the kingdoms on earth.^a ²⁶Your carcasses will be food for all the birds^b and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.^c ²⁷The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt^d and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. ²⁸The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. ²⁹At midday you will grope^e about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue^f you.

³⁰You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her.^g You will build a house, but you will not live in it.^h You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.ⁱ ³¹Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. ³²Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation,^j and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. ³³A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression^k all your days.^l ³⁴The sights you see will drive you mad.^m ³⁵The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boilsⁿ that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.^o

³⁶The Lord will drive you and the king^p you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors.^q There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.^r ³⁷You will become a thing of horror,^s a byword^t and an object of ridicule^u among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.^v

³⁸You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,^w because locusts^x will devour^y it. ³⁹You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine^z or gather the grapes, because worms will eat^a them.^b ⁴⁰You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.^c ⁴¹You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.^d

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Cross references

x 1 Sa 4:10; Ps 78:62
ySee Lev 26:17
zver 37
a 2 Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jer 15:4; 24:9; 26:6; 29:18; 44:12; Eze 23:46
bSee Ge 40:19
c Ps 79:2; Isa 18:6; Jer 7:33; 12:9; 15:2; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20
d Dt 7:15
e Ge 19:11; Ex 10:21; Job 5:14; 12:25; 24:13; 38:15; Isa 59:10
f Jdg 3:9; 2 Ki 13:5; Est 4:14; Isa 19:20; 43:11; Hos 13:4; Ob 1:21
g Job 31:10
h Isa 65:22; Am 5:11
i Jer 12:13
jver 41
k Jer 6:6; 22:17
l Jer 5:15–17; Eze 25:4
mver 67
n Dt 7:15; Rev 16:2
o Job 2:7; 7:5; 13:28; 30:17, 30; Isa 1:6
p 1 Sa 12:25
qSee Dt 4:27; 2 Ki 24:14; 25:7, 11; 2 Ch 33:11; 36:21; Ezr 5:12; Jer 15:14; 16:13; 27:20; 39:1–9; 52:28; La 1:3
rSee Dt 4:28
sver 25; Jer 42:18; Eze 5:15
t Ps 22:7; 39:8; 44:13; 64:8; Jer 18:16; 48:27; Mic 6:16
u 2 Ch 7:20; Ezr 9:7; Jer 44:8
v 1 Ki 9:7; Ps 44:14; Jer 19:8; 24:9; 25:9, 18; 29:18; La 2:15
w Lev 26:20; Ps 129:7; Isa 5:10; Jer 12:13; Hos 8:7; Mic 6:15; Hag 1:6, 9; 2:16
xSee Ex 10:4
ySee Ex 10:15
zSee Lev 10:9
a Joel 1:4; 2:25; Mal 3:11
b Isa 5:10; 17:10–11; Zep 1:13
c Jer 11:16; Mic 6:15
dver 32