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43 The alien that is in your midst shall ascend over you, higher and higher, but you shall go down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, but you shall be the tail.

45 “And all of these curses shall come over you, and they shall pursue you, and they shall overtake you until you are destroyed,[a] because you did not listen[b] to the voice of Yahweh your God, by observing[c] his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:45 Literally “until you to be destroyed”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:45 Literally “not you listened”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:45 Literally “to observe”

43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.(A) 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.(B) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.(C)

45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you(D) until you are destroyed,(E) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

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