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A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,
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so that you are driven mad
1by the sights that your eyes see.
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The LORD will strike you on the knees and on the legs
2with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
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"The LORD will
3bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you
4nor your fathers have known. And
5there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
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And you shall become
6a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
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7You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for
8the locust shall consume it.
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9You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.
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You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you
10shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.
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You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for
11they shall go into captivity.
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12The cricket shall possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground.
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13The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.