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'But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

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

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

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

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

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

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

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

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

'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.

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

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

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

'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 your roads become deserted.

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

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

And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

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

Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

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

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.