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And the LORD will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall tend upward only, and not downward; if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, being careful to do them,
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and if you do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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"But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
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Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
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Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
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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.
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Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
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"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 make the pestilence cleave to you until he has consumed you off the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
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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.
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And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.