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" 'But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,

"‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,

and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,

and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,

then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.

I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.

" 'If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.

"‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.

I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.

I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.

" 'If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.

"‘If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.

I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

" 'If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,

"‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,

I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.

I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.

And I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.

And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.