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'^(C1)But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,

if, instead, you ^(C1)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to ^(C2)break My covenant,

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will ^(F1)summon a ^(C1)sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the ^(C2)soul languish; also, ^(C3)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it.

'And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and ^(C1)those who hate you will rule over you, and ^(C2)you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you ^(C1)seven times more for your sins.

'I will also ^(C1)break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.

'^(C1)Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

'Yet if you ^(F1)(C1)show hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you ^(C2)seven times according to your sins.

'^(C1)I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that ^(C2)your roads become deserted.

'^(C1)And if by these things you do not learn your lesson regarding Me, but you show hostility toward Me,

then I in turn will ^(C1)show hostility toward you; and I, even I, will strike you ^(C2)seven times for your sins.

'I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute ^(C1)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a ^(C2)plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.

'^(C1)When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread ^(F1)in rationed amounts, so that you will ^(C2)eat and not be satisfied.