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16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
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You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
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Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
18
The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
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You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 "The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and frustration, in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your doings, because you have forsaken me.
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The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.
21 The LORD will make the pestilence cleave to you until he has consumed you off the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
21
The LORD will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
22 The LORD will smite you with consumption, and with fever, inflammation, and fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
22
The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.
23 And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.
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The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
24 The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed.
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The LORD will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25 "The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.
26 And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and there shall be no one to frighten them away.
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Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
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