(A)“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are (B)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (C)afraid of you. 11 And (D)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [a]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [b]treasure, the heavens, (E)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (F)to bless all the work of your hand. (G)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make (H)you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you [c]heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 (I)So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
  2. Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
  3. Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to

The Lord will establish you as his holy people,(A) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands(B) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(C) of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(D) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(E)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(F) of his bounty,(G) to send rain(H) on your land in season and to bless(I) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(J) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(K) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(L) 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,(M) following other gods and serving them.

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