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The LORD will become angry with you. He'll shut the sky so that there'll be no rain. Then the ground won't grow any crops, and you'll quickly disappear from this good land the LORD is giving you.
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Take these words of mine to heart and keep them in mind. [Write them down,] tie them around your wrist, and wear them as headbands as a reminder.
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Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you're at home or away, when you lie down or get up.
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Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
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Then you and your children will live for a long time in this land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors--as long as there's a sky above the earth.