38. You will plant much seed in your field. But your harvest will be small. Locusts will eat the crop.
39. You will plant vineyards and work hard in them. But you will not pick the grapes or drink the wine. The worms will eat them.
40. You will have olive trees in all your land. But you will not get any olive oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
41. You will have sons and daughters. But you will not be able to keep them. They will be taken captive.
42. Locusts will destroy all your trees and crops.
43. The foreigners who live among you will get stronger and stronger. And you will get weaker and weaker.
44. Foreigners will lend money to you. But you will not be able to lend to them. They will be like the head. And you will be like the tail.
45. All these curses will come upon you. They will chase you and catch you and destroy you. This will happen because you did not obey the Lord your God. You did not keep the commands and laws he gave you.
46. The curses will be signs and miracles to you and your descendants forever.
47. You had plenty of everything. But you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a pure heart.