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till you go crazy from what your eyes have to see.
35
ADONAI will strike you down in the knees and legs with painful and incurable boils; they will spread from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
36
ADONAI will bring you and your king whom you have put over yourselves to a nation you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors; and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.
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You will be so devastated as to become a proverb and a laughingstock among all the peoples to which ADONAI will drive you.
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"You will carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, because locusts will devour it.
39
You will plant vineyards and dress them but neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
40
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with the oil, because your olives will fall off unripe.
41
You will father sons and daughters, but they won't belong to you, because they will go into captivity.
42
The bugs will inherit all your trees and the produce of your land.
43
"The foreigner living with you will rise higher and higher while you sink lower and lower.
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He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head and you the tail.