14. You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
15. “But if you refuse to listen to the lord your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
16. Your towns and your fieldswill be cursed.
17. Your fruit baskets and breadboardswill be cursed.
18. Your children and your cropswill be cursed.The offspring of your herds and flockswill be cursed.
19. Wherever you go and whatever you do,you will be cursed.
20. “The lord himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me.
21. The lord will afflict you with diseases until none of you are left in the land you are about to enter and occupy.