Saadia · Devarim 28
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- Devarim 28:1
וְהָיָה אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--וּנְתָנְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל כָּל-גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ
. . . .
And know that if you hear and obey the command of God your Lord, to keep and to do all His commandments which I command you today, God your Lord shall set you high above all the rest of the nations of the earth.
- Devarim 28:2
וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל-הַבְּרָכוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְהִשִּׂיגֻךָ כִּי תִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
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All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, since you have heard the command of God your Lord.
- Devarim 28:3
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה בָּעִיר וּבָרוּךְ אַתָּה בַּשָּׂדֶה
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And you shall be blessed in the settlement, and blessed in the open wilderness.
- Devarim 28:4
בָּרוּךְ פְּרִי-בִטְנְךָ וּפְרִי אַדְמָתְךָ וּפְרִי בְהֶמְתֶּךָ--שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרוֹת צֹאנֶךָ
. .
Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your gardens, and the fruit of your beasts — the offspring of your cattle and the young of your flocks.
- Devarim 28:5
בָּרוּךְ טַנְאֲךָ וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּךָ
And blessed shall be what is in your panniers and your kneading-troughs.
- Devarim 28:6
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה בְּבֹאֶךָ וּבָרוּךְ אַתָּה בְּצֵאתֶךָ
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And you shall be blessed in your entering, and blessed in your going out.
- Devarim 28:7
יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת-אֹיְבֶיךָ הַקָּמִים עָלֶיךָ נִגָּפִים לְפָנֶיךָ בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד יֵצְאוּ אֵלֶיךָ וּבְשִׁבְעָה דְרָכִים יָנוּסוּ לְפָנֶיךָ
. . .
And God shall make your enemies who rise up against you to be stricken before you; by one road they shall come out against you, and by seven roads they shall flee from before you.
- Devarim 28:8
יְצַו יְהוָה אִתְּךָ אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה בַּאֲסָמֶיךָ וּבְכֹל מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ וּבֵרַכְךָ--בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ
. . . . .
And God shall command His blessing upon you — in your granaries, and in all the work of your hand; and He shall bless you in the land which God your Lord is giving you.
- Devarim 28:9
יְקִימְךָ יְהוָה לוֹ לְעַם קָדוֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע-לָךְ כִּי תִשְׁמֹר אֶת-מִצְוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ בִּדְרָכָיו
. . .
And God shall establish you for Himself as a holy people, as He promised you, when you keep His commandments and walk in His ways.
- Devarim 28:10
וְרָאוּ כָּל-עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ כִּי שֵׁם יְהוָה נִקְרָא עָלֶיךָ וְיָרְאוּ מִמֶּךָּ
. .
And all the nations of the earth shall see that the name of God has been called upon you, and they shall fear you.
- Devarim 28:11
וְהוֹתִרְךָ יְהוָה לְטוֹבָה בִּפְרִי בִטְנְךָ וּבִפְרִי בְהֶמְתְּךָ וּבִפְרִי אַדְמָתֶךָ--עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לָתֶת לָךְ
. . . .
And God shall increase your good — in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your beasts, and the fruit of your gardens — in the land which He swore to your fathers that He would give you.
- Devarim 28:12
יִפְתַּח יְהוָה לְךָ אֶת-אוֹצָרוֹ הַטּוֹב אֶת-הַשָּׁמַיִם לָתֵת מְטַר-אַרְצְךָ בְּעִתּוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ אֵת כָּל-מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶךָ וְהִלְוִיתָ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְאַתָּה לֹא תִלְוֶה
. . . . .
And God shall open for you His good treasuries from the sky, to send down the rain of your land in its season, and to bless you in all the work of your hand; so that you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
- Devarim 28:13
וּנְתָנְךָ יְהוָה לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב וְהָיִיתָ רַק לְמַעְלָה וְלֹא תִהְיֶה לְמָטָּה כִּי-תִשְׁמַע אֶל-מִצְוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת
. . . . .
And God shall make you a head and not a tail, and you shall be only on top and not be brought low — when you accept the commandments of God your Lord which I command you today, to keep them and to do by them.
- Devarim 28:14
וְלֹא תָסוּר מִכָּל-הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם--יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים--לְעָבְדָם
. . .
And do not deviate from any of the things which I command you today, right or left, so as to follow other objects of worship and serve them.
- Devarim 28:15
וְהָיָה אִם-לֹא תִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל-הַקְּלָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְהִשִּׂיגוּךָ
. . . .
But if you do not accept the command of God your Lord, to keep and to do all His commandments and statutes which I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
- Devarim 28:16
אָרוּר אַתָּה בָּעִיר וְאָרוּר אַתָּה בַּשָּׂדֶה
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And you shall be cursed in the settlement, and cursed in the open wilderness.
- Devarim 28:17
אָרוּר טַנְאֲךָ וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּךָ
And cursed shall be what is in your panniers and your kneading-troughs.
- Devarim 28:18
אָרוּר פְּרִי-בִטְנְךָ וּפְרִי אַדְמָתֶךָ--שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶךָ
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And cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, the offspring of your cattle and the young of your flocks.
- Devarim 28:19
אָרוּר אַתָּה בְּבֹאֶךָ וְאָרוּר אַתָּה בְּצֵאתֶךָ
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And you shall be cursed in your entering, and cursed in your going out.
- Devarim 28:20
יְשַׁלַּח יְהוָה בְּךָ אֶת-הַמְּאֵרָה אֶת-הַמְּהוּמָה וְאֶת-הַמִּגְעֶרֶת בְּכָל-מִשְׁלַח יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה--עַד הִשָּׁמֶדְךָ וְעַד-אֲבָדְךָ מַהֵר מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ מַעֲלָלֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עֲזַבְתָּנִי
. . . . .
And God shall send upon you ruin and confusion and rebuke, in all the work of your hand that you do — until your destruction and your swift annihilation; and they shall say: because of the evil of your ways, in that you have forsaken Me.
- Devarim 28:21
יַדְבֵּק יְהוָה בְּךָ אֶת-הַדָּבֶר--עַד כַּלֹּתוֹ אֹתְךָ מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
. . .
And God shall fasten upon you the pestilence, until He has consumed you from the land which you are entering to possess.
- Devarim 28:22
יַכְּכָה יְהוָה בַּשַּׁחֶפֶת וּבַקַּדַּחַת וּבַדַּלֶּקֶת וּבַחַרְחֻר וּבַחֶרֶב וּבַשִּׁדָּפוֹן וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן וּרְדָפוּךָ עַד אָבְדֶךָ
. . . .
And God shall strike you with the fever of consumption and with burning heat, and with quartan fever and with palsy, and with drought and with scorching wind and with jaundice — they shall pursue you until your destruction.
- Devarim 28:23
וְהָיוּ שָׁמֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עַל-רֹאשְׁךָ נְחֹשֶׁת וְהָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-תַּחְתֶּיךָ בַּרְזֶל
. .
And your sky which is above your head shall be like copper, and the earth which is beneath you like iron.
- Devarim 28:24
יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת-מְטַר אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם יֵרֵד עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ
. . .
And God shall make the water of His rain upon your land into dust and earth — from the sky it shall scatter down upon you, until your destruction.
- Devarim 28:25
יִתֶּנְךָ יְהוָה נִגָּף לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֶיךָ--בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד תֵּצֵא אֵלָיו וּבְשִׁבְעָה דְרָכִים תָּנוּס לְפָנָיו וְהָיִיתָ לְזַעֲוָה לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ
. . . . .
And God shall make you to be stricken before your enemies; by one road you shall go out against them, and by seven roads you shall flee from before them — and you shall become a lesson to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Devarim 28:26
וְהָיְתָה נִבְלָתְךָ לְמַאֲכָל לְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד
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And your corpse shall become food for the bird of the sky and the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them away.
- Devarim 28:27
יַכְּכָה יְהוָה בִּשְׁחִין מִצְרַיִם ובעפלים (וּבַטְּחֹרִים) וּבַגָּרָב וּבֶחָרֶס--אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תוּכַל לְהֵרָפֵא
. . .
And God shall strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with hemorrhoids, and with scab and with itch — which you shall not be able to cure.
- Devarim 28:28
יַכְּכָה יְהוָה בְּשִׁגָּעוֹן וּבְעִוָּרוֹן וּבְתִמְהוֹן לֵבָב
. .
And God shall strike you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart.
- Devarim 28:29
וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁ בַּצָּהֳרַיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יְמַשֵּׁשׁ הַעִוֵּר בָּאֲפֵלָה וְלֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶת-דְּרָכֶיךָ וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ עָשׁוּק וְגָזוּל כָּל-הַיָּמִים--וְאֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ
. . . .
So that you shall grope about like one feeling his way at noon, as the blind man gropes, and especially in darkness; and your ways shall not prosper; and you shall be only oppressed and plundered all the time, with no one to save you.
- Devarim 28:30
אִשָּׁה תְאָרֵשׂ וְאִישׁ אַחֵר ישגלנה (יִשְׁכָּבֶנָּה)--בַּיִת תִּבְנֶה וְלֹא-תֵשֵׁב בּוֹ כֶּרֶם תִּטַּע וְלֹא תְחַלְּלֶנּוּ
. . .
If you marry a woman, another man shall come to her; and you shall build a house but not dwell in it; and you shall plant a vineyard but not use its fruit.
- Devarim 28:31
שׁוֹרְךָ טָבוּחַ לְעֵינֶיךָ וְלֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ--חֲמֹרְךָ גָּזוּל מִלְּפָנֶיךָ וְלֹא יָשׁוּב לָךְ צֹאנְךָ נְתֻנוֹת לְאֹיְבֶיךָ וְאֵין לְךָ מוֹשִׁיעַ
. . . . .
And your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it; and your donkey shall be plundered from before you and shall not return to you; and your flock shall be given over to your enemies, with no one to save you.
- Devarim 28:32
בָּנֶיךָ וּבְנֹתֶיךָ נְתֻנִים לְעַם אַחֵר וְעֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת וְכָלוֹת אֲלֵיהֶם כָּל-הַיּוֹם וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֶךָ
. . .
Your sons and your daughters shall be handed over to another people, and your eyes shall see them, staring toward them all the time, with no power in your hand.
- Devarim 28:33
פְּרִי אַדְמָתְךָ וְכָל-יְגִיעֲךָ יֹאכַל עַם אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָדָעְתָּ וְהָיִיתָ רַק עָשׁוּק וְרָצוּץ--כָּל-הַיָּמִים
. . .
And the fruit of your land and the rest of your earnings shall be eaten by a people you do not know; and you shall be thus — oppressed and crushed all the time.
- Devarim 28:34
וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע מִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה
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Until you become demented from the sight of your eyes that you see.
- Devarim 28:35
יַכְּכָה יְהוָה בִּשְׁחִין רָע עַל-הַבִּרְכַּיִם וְעַל-הַשֹּׁקַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תוּכַל לְהֵרָפֵא--מִכַּף רַגְלְךָ וְעַד קָדְקֳדֶךָ
. . .
And God shall strike you with a malignant boil on the knees and on the legs, which you shall not be able to cure — and that which pains you from your foot to the crown of your head.
- Devarim 28:36
יוֹלֵךְ יְהוָה אֹתְךָ וְאֶת-מַלְכְּךָ אֲשֶׁר תָּקִים עָלֶיךָ אֶל-גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָדַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וְעָבַדְתָּ שָּׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים עֵץ וָאָבֶן
. . .
And God shall exile you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a people whom neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other objects of worship of wood and stone.
- Devarim 28:37
וְהָיִיתָ לְשַׁמָּה לְמָשָׁל וְלִשְׁנִינָה--בְּכֹל הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר-יְנַהֶגְךָ יְהוָה שָׁמָּה
. . .
And you shall become a desolation, a byword and a tale, among all the nations to which God shall drive you.
- Devarim 28:38
זֶרַע רַב תּוֹצִיא הַשָּׂדֶה וּמְעַט תֶּאֱסֹף כִּי יַחְסְלֶנּוּ הָאַרְבֶּה
. .
When the open land brings forth much seed, little shall you gather from it — for the locusts shall devour it.
- Devarim 28:39
כְּרָמִים תִּטַּע וְעָבָדְתָּ וְיַיִן לֹא-תִשְׁתֶּה וְלֹא תֶאֱגֹר כִּי תֹאכְלֶנּוּ הַתֹּלָעַת
. .
If you plant a vineyard and till it, you shall not drink wine from it nor store it — for the worm shall eat it.
- Devarim 28:40
זֵיתִים יִהְיוּ לְךָ בְּכָל-גְּבוּלֶךָ וְשֶׁמֶן לֹא תָסוּךְ כִּי יִשַּׁל זֵיתֶךָ
. .
If you have olive trees throughout all your territory, you shall not anoint yourself with the oil — for it shall scatter its fruit.
- Devarim 28:41
בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת תּוֹלִיד וְלֹא-יִהְיוּ לָךְ כִּי יֵלְכוּ בַּשֶּׁבִי
. .
And if you beget sons or daughters, they shall not remain yours — for they shall go into captivity.
- Devarim 28:42
כָּל-עֵצְךָ וּפְרִי אַדְמָתֶךָ יְיָרֵשׁ הַצְּלָצַל
.
And all your trees and the fruit of your land the locust shall gnaw away.
- Devarim 28:43
הַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבְּךָ יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ מַעְלָה מָּעְלָה וְאַתָּה תֵרֵד מַטָּה מָּטָּה
. .
The stranger who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, while you shall sink lower and lower.
- Devarim 28:44
הוּא יַלְוְךָ וְאַתָּה לֹא תַלְוֶנּוּ הוּא יִהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תִּהְיֶה לְזָנָב
. . .
Until he shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him; he shall become a head and you shall become a tail.
- Devarim 28:45
וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל-הַקְּלָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וּרְדָפוּךָ וְהִשִּׂיגוּךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ כִּי-לֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ--לִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּךְ
. . . .
And all these curses shall come upon you, and pursue you, and overtake you — until your destruction — since you did not accept the command of God your Lord, and keep His commandments and His statutes which I command you.
- Devarim 28:46
וְהָיוּ בְךָ לְאוֹת וּלְמוֹפֵת וּבְזַרְעֲךָ עַד-עוֹלָם
.
And they shall be among you a sign and a proof — and among your offspring who resemble you — forever.
- Devarim 28:47
תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר לֹא-עָבַדְתָּ אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְטוּב לֵבָב--מֵרֹב כֹּל
. .
In return for the fact that you did not serve God your Lord with joy and goodness of heart, out of the abundance of all things —
- Devarim 28:48
וְעָבַדְתָּ אֶת-אֹיְבֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ יְהוָה בָּךְ בְּרָעָב וּבְצָמָא וּבְעֵירֹם וּבְחֹסֶר כֹּל וְנָתַן עֹל בַּרְזֶל עַל-צַוָּארֶךָ עַד הִשְׁמִידוֹ אֹתָךְ
. . . . .
you shall therefore serve your enemy whom God shall set over you, in hunger and in thirst, and in nakedness and in want of everything; and he shall place a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
- Devarim 28:49
יִשָּׂא יְהוָה עָלֶיךָ גּוֹי מֵרָחֹק מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִדְאֶה הַנָּשֶׁר גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תִשְׁמַע לְשֹׁנוֹ
. .
And God shall send against you a nation from afar, from the end of the earth — as the eagle circles — a nation whose language you shall not understand.
- Devarim 28:50
גּוֹי עַז פָּנִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִשָּׂא פָנִים לְזָקֵן וְנַעַר לֹא יָחֹן
. .
A brazen nation, which shall show no favor to the old, and shall not have compassion on the young.
- Devarim 28:51
וְאָכַל פְּרִי בְהֶמְתְּךָ וּפְרִי-אַדְמָתְךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יַשְׁאִיר לְךָ דָּגָן תִּירוֹשׁ וְיִצְהָר שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶךָ--עַד הַאֲבִידוֹ אֹתָךְ
. . . .
And it shall eat the fruit of your beasts and the fruit of your land until your destruction, leaving you no grain, no juice, and no oil, and no offspring of your cattle and young of your flocks — until it has annihilated you.
- Devarim 28:52
וְהֵצַר לְךָ בְּכָל-שְׁעָרֶיךָ עַד רֶדֶת חֹמֹתֶיךָ הַגְּבֹהֹת וְהַבְּצֻרוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּטֵחַ בָּהֵן בְּכָל-אַרְצֶךָ וְהֵצַר לְךָ בְּכָל-שְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּכָל-אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָךְ
. . .
And it shall besiege you in all your quarters, until it has broken down your high and fortified walls in which you trust throughout all your land; and it shall press you hard in all your quarters throughout all the land which God your Lord has given you.
- Devarim 28:53
וְאָכַלְתָּ פְרִי-בִטְנְךָ בְּשַׂר בָּנֶיךָ וּבְנֹתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן-לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ--בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר-יָצִיק לְךָ אֹיְבֶךָ
. . . .
Until you eat the fruit of your womb — the flesh of your sons and your daughters — which God your Lord has provided for you — in the siege and the distress with which your enemy shall besiege you.
- Devarim 28:54
הָאִישׁ הָרַךְ בְּךָ וְהֶעָנֹג מְאֹד--תֵּרַע עֵינוֹ בְאָחִיו וּבְאֵשֶׁת חֵיקוֹ וּבְיֶתֶר בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר יוֹתִיר
. . .
So that even the most tender and delicate man among you shall begrudge his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the rest of his children whom he has left surviving —
- Devarim 28:55
מִתֵּת לְאַחַד מֵהֶם מִבְּשַׂר בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר יֹאכֵל מִבְּלִי הִשְׁאִיר-לוֹ כֹּל--בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצִיק לְךָ אֹיִבְךָ בְּכָל-שְׁעָרֶיךָ
. . . . .
from giving any of them of the flesh of his children that he eats, since nothing has been left to him — in the siege and the distress with which your enemy shall press you hard in all your quarters.
- Devarim 28:56
הָרַכָּה בְךָ וְהָעֲנֻגָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא-נִסְּתָה כַף-רַגְלָהּ הַצֵּג עַל-הָאָרֶץ מֵהִתְעַנֵּג וּמֵרֹךְ--תֵּרַע עֵינָהּ בְּאִישׁ חֵיקָהּ וּבִבְנָהּ וּבְבִתָּהּ
. . . .
So that even the most tender and delicate woman among you, who has never accustomed her foot to be set upon the ground, out of delicacy and tenderness, shall begrudge her husband, and her son and her daughter —
- Devarim 28:57
וּבְשִׁלְיָתָהּ הַיּוֹצֵת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ וּבְבָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד כִּי-תֹאכְלֵם בְּחֹסֶר-כֹּל בַּסָּתֶר--בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצִיק לְךָ אֹיִבְךָ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ
. . . . . .
and her afterbirth that falls from her, and the infants she delivers — so that she hoards them to herself and eats them, out of want of everything, in secret — in the siege and the distress with which your enemy shall press you hard in your quarters.
- Devarim 28:58
אִם-לֹא תִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת הַכְּתֻבִים בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה לְיִרְאָה אֶת-הַשֵּׁם הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא הַזֶּה--אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
. . . .
And if you do not keep and do all the words of this Torah written in this book, and do not fear this noble and awe-inspiring Name — He is God your Lord —
- Devarim 28:59
וְהִפְלָא יְהוָה אֶת-מַכֹּתְךָ וְאֵת מַכּוֹת זַרְעֶךָ מַכּוֹת גְּדֹלֹת וְנֶאֱמָנוֹת וָחֳלָיִם רָעִים וְנֶאֱמָנִים
. . .
then God shall make your plagues wondrous, and the plagues of your offspring aforementioned: great and harmful plagues, and malignant harmful diseases.
- Devarim 28:60
וְהֵשִׁיב בְּךָ אֵת כָּל-מַדְוֵה מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתָּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְדָבְקוּ בָּךְ
. . .
And He shall bring back upon you all the ailments of Egypt which you dreaded — and they shall cling to you.
- Devarim 28:61
גַּם כָּל-חֳלִי וְכָל-מַכָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא כָתוּב בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת--יַעְלֵם יְהוָה עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ
. . . .
Also every disease and every plague that is not written in the book of this Torah, God shall set them over you until He has destroyed you.
- Devarim 28:62
וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם בִּמְתֵי מְעָט תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר הֱיִיתֶם כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לָרֹב כִּי-לֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
. . . .
And you shall be left a numbered band, after you had been as the stars of the sky in multitude — since you did not accept the command of God your Lord.
- Devarim 28:63
וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר-שָׂשׂ יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהֵיטִיב אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַרְבּוֹת אֶתְכֶם--כֵּן יָשִׂישׂ יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְהַאֲבִיד אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
. . . . .
And it shall be: just as God intended for you to deal well with you and to multiply you, so shall He intend for you to destroy you and to annihilate you; and you shall be obliterated from the land which you are entering to possess.
- Devarim 28:64
וֶהֱפִיצְךָ יְהוָה בְּכָל-הָעַמִּים מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד-קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעָבַדְתָּ שָּׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָדַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַאֲבֹתֶיךָ--עֵץ וָאָבֶן
. . . .
And God shall scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall serve other objects of worship which neither you nor your fathers have known — of wood and stone.
- Devarim 28:65
וּבַגּוֹיִם הָהֵם לֹא תַרְגִּיעַ וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה מָנוֹחַ לְכַף-רַגְלֶךָ וְנָתַן יְהוָה לְךָ שָׁם לֵב רַגָּז וְכִלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם וְדַאֲבוֹן נָפֶשׁ
. . .
And among those nations you shall find no rest, and there shall be no resting-place for your foot; but God shall give you there a trembling heart, and staring eyes, and withering of soul.
- Devarim 28:66
וְהָיוּ חַיֶּיךָ תְּלֻאִים לְךָ מִנֶּגֶד וּפָחַדְתָּ לַיְלָה וְיוֹמָם וְלֹא תַאֲמִין בְּחַיֶּיךָ
. .
And your life shall be hanging before you, and you shall be terrified night and day, and shall not trust in your life.
- Devarim 28:67
בַּבֹּקֶר תֹּאמַר מִי-יִתֵּן עֶרֶב וּבָעֶרֶב תֹּאמַר מִי-יִתֵּן בֹּקֶר--מִפַּחַד לְבָבְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּפְחָד וּמִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה
. . .
In the morning you shall say: 'Would that it were evening!' and in the evening you shall say: 'Would that it were morning!' — out of the dread of your heart which you shall dread, and from the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
- Devarim 28:68
וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ יְהוָה מִצְרַיִם בָּאֳנִיּוֹת בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי לְךָ לֹא-תֹסִיף עוֹד לִרְאֹתָהּ וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם שָׁם לְאֹיְבֶיךָ לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת וְאֵין קֹנֶה
. . . .
And God shall bring you back to the condition of Egypt in ships — along the way of which I said to you: you shall never see it again — and you shall be offered there for sale to your enemies as slaves and maidservants, with no buyer.
- Devarim 28:69
אֵלֶּה דִבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת-מֹשֶׁה לִכְרֹת אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל--בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב מִלְּבַד הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר-כָּרַת אִתָּם בְּחֹרֵב
. . .
These are the words of the covenant which God commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab — apart from the covenant which He made with them at Mount Horeb.
English is a working draft — author revising