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"The sky over your head will be brass and the earth under you iron.
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ADONAI will turn the rain your land needs into powder and dust that will fall on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
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"ADONAI your God will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will advance on them one way and flee before them seven. You will become an object of horror to every kingdom on earth.
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Your carcasses will become food for all the birds in the air and the wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them away.
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ADONAI will strike you down with the boils that broke out on the Egyptians, tumors, skin lesions and itching, all incurable.
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ADONAI will strike you with insanity, blindness and utter confusion.
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You will grope about at noon like a blind person groping in the dark, unable to find your way. "You will be continually oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you.
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You will get engaged to a woman, but another man will marry her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not use its fruit.
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Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you won't eat any of its meat. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force as you watch, and you won't get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and there will be no one to help you.
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Your sons and daughters will be handed over to another people; you will watch for them longingly all day but not see them; and there will be nothing you can do about it.
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A nation unknown to you will eat the fruit of your land and labor. Yes, you will be continually oppressed and crushed,