36. The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.
37. You will become a thing of horror. All the nations where the Lord will send you will make an example of you and ridicule you.
38. You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little because locusts will destroy your crops.
39. You will plant vineyards and take care of them, but you won’t drink any wine or gather any grapes, because worms will eat them.
40. You will have olive trees everywhere in your country but no olive oil to rub on your skin, because the olives will fall off the trees.
41. You will have sons and daughters, but you won’t be able to keep them because they will be taken as prisoners of war.
42. Crickets will swarm all over your trees and the crops in your fields.
43. The ⌊standard of living for the⌋ foreigners who live among you will rise higher and higher, while your ⌊standard of living⌋ will sink lower and lower.
44. They will be able to make loans to you, but you won’t be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail.
45. All these curses will come to you. They will pursue you and stay close to you until you’re destroyed, because you didn’t obey the Lord your God or follow his commands and laws, which I’m giving you.