Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 203

27·—·—26 DEUTERONOMY. Cursed be whoever docs not stand by the commands of this Law to prac- (Then all the People shall say;) 28 But if you attentively listen to the IO II I2 voice of your EVER-LIVING GOD, and take care to practise all the com- mandments that I command you to- day, then the EVER-Lxvmc, your GOD, will give you superiority over every nation on earth, and all these blessings shall come to you, and sur- round you, because you listen to the voice of your Evan-Lrvme GOD: mj: Qlzzsings uf Qihzbiznzz. You shall be blest in the city, And blest in the field; Blest in the fruit of your body, And blest in the fruit of your farm ; And blest in the fruit of your cow, And blest in the cast of your cattle, And breeds of your sheep. Blest in your basket, And blest in your cask. Biest in your going, And blest in your coming. ]EHOvAH will make your opponents To stumble before you, They shall advance by one path, And Hy from you by seven! The Evan-Lrvmc; will command

blessing to your barns, and to every work of your hand, and will bless you in the country thatyour EvER—L1v1NG GOD has given you. JEHGVAH will establish you as a People sacred to Himself, as He promised, if you keep the commands of your EvnR·L1v1N<; GOD and walk in His paths. Then every People of the earth will see that the NAME of the Evan-L1v1N<; has been fixed upon you, and they will fear you, when the Ev12:R~L1v1No causes you to abound in benefits; in the fruit of your body; and the fruit of your cattle; and the fruit of your fields; in the land whichthe EVER- L1v1NG promised to your fathers to give you. The EVER-LIVING will open His best treasures from the skies for you to give rain to adorn your land, and to bless everv work of your hand. Many nations shall borrow of you, but you shall not borrow !·—for the

LORD will make you the Head, and not the Tail ! and you shall continu— 28--29

of your Evan-Lxvmo Gob, which I command you to-day to preserve and practise.-—Therefore turn not from any of the things that I have com~ manded you to—day, yesterday, and before that, but walk after your Evan-r.1v1No Gon, and serve Him. But if you will not listen to the

voice of your Evan-L1v1NG Gon, to continue to practise the whole of His Commands and Institutions, as I instruct you to-day, then these curses will come upon, and surround you ; Ely: ®1:rs2s nf Rekall from ®nh. You shall be cursed in the city, And cursed in the field! Cursed in your basket, And cursed in your cask i Cursed in the fruit of your body, And fruit of your farms, The cast of your cattle, And breeds of your sheep l You shall be cursed in your going, And cursed in your coming I The EvE1z~L1v1NG will send you

cursing, blundering, and blame in every attempt of your hand, till you waste and rapidly perish before the evils assailing you, and become desolate! These things shall pursue, until

you cease from the land that you go to possess l The LORD will strike you with con-

sumption, and fever, and wasting, and burning ; and with sword, and blight, and jaundice, and pursue until you perish ! And the skies over your head shall be brass; and the ground beneath you iron! The Loup will rain powder on your land; and dust from the skies shall fall upon you, until you are a desert! The 'LORD will give you to defeat before your enemies l They shall meet you on a single road., ——but you shall fly before them by seven roads; and be in terror of every government on earth! And your carcases shall be food to all the birds ofthe sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and none will drive them off l And the EVER- Llvmo will inflict the ulcer ofthe Mit- zeraim upon you, and tumours, and scurvy, and the incurable itch ; and the Evan-Liviuewill afiiict you with madness,and blinclness,and bewilder·· ment of heart l And you shall grope

ally_rise higher and notbe depressed, { for a window, as a blind man whilst you attend to the commands l gropes in the darkness, and shall not 16 18 20

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