Deuteronomy 28:38-42
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38 “You shall carry much seed into the field but shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.(A) 39 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall have sons and daughters, but they shall not remain yours, for they shall go into captivity.(B) 42 All your trees and the fruit of your ground the cicada shall take over.(C)
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