Economic Ruin and Foreign Domination

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"You will carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, because locusts will devour it.

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You will plant vineyards and dress them but neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

40

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not anoint yourself with the oil, because your olives will fall off unripe.

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You will father sons and daughters, but they won't belong to you, because they will go into captivity.

42

The bugs will inherit all your trees and the produce of your land.

43

"The foreigner living with you will rise higher and higher while you sink lower and lower.

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He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head and you the tail.

45

"All these curses will come on you, pursuing you and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you didn't pay attention to what ADONAI your God said, observing his mitzvot and regulations that he gave you.

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These curses will be on you and your descendants as a sign and a wonder forever.

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Because you didn't serve ADONAI your God with joy and gladness in your heart when you had such an abundance of everything;

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ADONAI will send your enemy against you; and you will serve him when you are hungry, thirsty, poorly clothed and lacking everything; he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he destroys you.

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