17. I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
18. “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.
19. I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.
20. All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
21. “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.
22. I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.
23. “And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me,
24. then I myself will be hostile toward you. I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins.
25. I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.