23. The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.
24. The lord will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.
25. “The lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You will attack your enemies from one direction, but you will scatter from them in seven! You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
26. Your corpses will be food for all the scavenging birds and wild animals, and no one will be there to chase them away.
27. “The lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
28. The lord will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic.
29. You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.
30. “You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house, but someone else will live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will never enjoy its fruit.