Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Deuteronomy 28:14-23 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

14. You must not turn away from any of the teachings that I give you today. You must not turn away to the right or to the left. You must not follow other gods to serve them.

15. “But if you don’t listen to what the Lord your God tells you—if you don’t obey all his commands and laws that I tell you today—then all these bad things will happen to you:

16. “The Lord will curse you in the city and in the field.

17. He will curse you with empty baskets and pans.

18. He will curse you, and you will not have many children. He will curse your land, and you will not have good crops. He will curse your animals, and they will not have many babies. He will curse your calves and lambs.

19. He will curse you at all times in everything you do.

20. “If you do evil and turn away from the Lord, he will make bad things happen to you. You will have frustration and trouble in everything you do. He will continue to do this until you are quickly and completely destroyed. He will do this because you turned away from him and left him.

21. The Lord will send you terrible diseases until you no longer exist, until you are completely gone from the land.

22. The Lord will punish you with diseases, fever, and swelling. He will send you terrible heat and you will have no rain. Your crops will die from the heat and disease. All these bad things will happen until you are destroyed!

23. There will be no clouds in the sky—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron.