⁴³ Foreign people who live among you will become stronger and stronger. They will have more and more power over you, as you become weaker. ⁴⁴ They will lend money to you, but you will not lend money to them. They will become your leaders. You will have to follow behind them.

⁴⁵ All these curses will happen to you. They will be like an enemy that chases after you, catches you, and destroys you. That will happen to you, if you refuse to obey the Lord your God. If you do not obey his commands and his rules that he has given to you, these troubles will happen to you.