31. Your cattle will be killed while you watch, but you won't get to eat any of the meat. Your donkeys and sheep will be stolen from you, and no one will be around to force your enemies to give them back.
32. Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country, while you stand there helpless. And even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again.
33. You will work hard on your farms, but everything you harvest will be eaten by foreigners, who will ill-treat you and abuse you for the rest of your life.
34. What you see will be so horrible that you will go insane,
35. and the Lord will punish you from head to toe with boils that never heal.
36. The Lord will let you and your king be taken captive to a country that you and your ancestors have never even heard of, and there you will have to worship idols made of wood and stone.
37. People of nearby countries will shudder when they see your terrible troubles, but they will still make fun of you.
38. You will plant a lot of seed, but gather a small harvest, because locusts will eat your crops.
39. You will plant vineyards and work hard at taking care of them, but you won't gather any grapes, much less get any wine, and the vines themselves will be eaten by worms.
40. Even if your olive trees grow everywhere in your country, the olives will fall off before they are ready, and there won't be enough olive oil for combing your hair.
41. Even your infant sons and daughters will be taken as prisoners of war.
42. Locusts will eat your crops and strip your trees of leaves and fruit.
43. Foreigners in your towns will become wealthy and powerful, while you become poor and powerless.