Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 28:1-11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. “Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.

2. All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God:

3. You will be blessed in the cityand blessed in the country.

4. Your descendants will be blessed,and your land’s produce,and the offspring of your livestock,including the young of your herdsand the newborn of your flocks.

5. Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

6. You will be blessed when you come inand blessed when you go out.

7. “The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you from one direction but flee from you in seven directions.

8. The Lord will grant you a blessing on your storehouses and on everything you do; He will bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

9. The Lord will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.

10. Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will stand in awe of you.

11. The Lord will make you prosper abundantly with children, the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce in the land the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.