63 And it shall be, that just as the Lord (A)rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the Lord (B)will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be (C)plucked[a] from off the land which you go to possess.

64 “Then the Lord (D)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and (E)there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood and stone. 65 And (F)among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; (G)but there the Lord will give you a [b]trembling heart, failing eyes, and (H)anguish of soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life. 67 (I)In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and (J)because of the sight which your eyes see.

68 “And the Lord (K)will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, (L)‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:63 torn
  2. Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious

63 Just as it pleased(A) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please(B) him to ruin and destroy you.(C) You will be uprooted(D) from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter(E) you among all nations,(F) from one end of the earth to the other.(G) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(H) 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place(I) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes(J) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.(K) 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.(L) 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again.(M) There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

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