62 Then you will be left few in [a]number, (A)whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not [b]obey the Lord your God. 63 And it will come about that, just as the Lord (B)rejoiced over you to be good to you, and make you numerous, so will the Lord (C)rejoice over you to wipe you out and destroy you; and you will be (D)torn away from the land which you are entering to possess. 64 Furthermore, the Lord will (E)scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to [c]the other; and there you will (F)serve other gods, made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers have not known.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:62 Lit people
  2. Deuteronomy 28:62 Lit listen to the voice of
  3. Deuteronomy 28:64 Lit the end of the earth

62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky(A) will be left but few(B) in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased(C) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please(D) him to ruin and destroy you.(E) You will be uprooted(F) from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter(G) you among all nations,(H) from one end of the earth to the other.(I) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(J)

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