“Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be (A)in the [a]country.

“Blessed will be the [b]children of your womb, the [c]produce of your ground, and the [d]offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.

“Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.

“Blessed will you be (B)when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.

“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be [e]defeated by you; they will go out against you one way and will flee at your presence seven ways. The Lord will command the blessing for you in your [f]barns and in (C)everything that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (D)The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 So all the peoples of the earth will see that [g](E)you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you. 11 (F)And the Lord will give you more than enough prosperity, in the [h]children of your womb, in the [i]offspring of your livestock, and in the [j]produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless every work of your hand; and (G)you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:3 Lit field
  2. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  3. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  4. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  5. Deuteronomy 28:7 Lit struck
  6. Deuteronomy 28:8 Or storehouses
  7. Deuteronomy 28:10 Lit the name of the Lord is called upon you
  8. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  9. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  10. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit

You will be blessed(A) in the city and blessed in the country.(B)

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(C)

Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(D)

The Lord will grant that the enemies(E) who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.(F)

The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless(G) you in the land he is giving you.

The Lord will establish you as his holy people,(H) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands(I) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(J) of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(K) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(L)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(M) of his bounty,(N) to send rain(O) on your land in season and to bless(P) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(Q)

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Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

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Why do you [a]spend money for what is (A)not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and (B)eat what is good,
And (C)delight yourself in abundance.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:2 Lit weigh out silver

Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?(A)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(B)
    and you will delight in the richest(C) of fare.

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Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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