Deuteronomy 28:38-51

New International Version

³⁸ You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,^(A) because locusts^(B) will devour^(C) it. ³⁹ You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine^(D) or gather the grapes, because worms will eat^(E) them.^{(F) 40} You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.^{(G) 41} You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.^{(H) 42} Swarms of locusts^(I) will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.

⁴³ The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.^{(J) 44} They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.^(K) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.^(L)

⁴⁵ All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you^(M) until you are destroyed,^(N) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. ⁴⁶ They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.^{(O) 47} Because you did not serve^(P) the Lord your God joyfully and gladly^(Q) in the time of prosperity, ⁴⁸ therefore in hunger and thirst,^(R) in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke^(S) on your neck^(T) until he has destroyed you.

⁴⁹ The Lord will bring a nation against you^(U) from far away, from the ends of the earth,^(V) like an eagle^(W) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,^{(X) 50} a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old^(Y) or pity for the young. ⁵¹ They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine^(Z) or olive oil,^(AA) nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.^(AB)