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^(A) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.^(B)

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)