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63 Punishment and Exile. Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and to multiply your numbers, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You shall be uprooted from the land that you are entering to possess. 64 The Lord will scatter you among every people, from one end of the earth to the other. There you shall worship other gods whom neither you nor your fathers knew, gods made of wood and stone. 65 Among these nations you shall find no rest, no repose for the soles of your feet. There the Lord will give you an anxious heart, weary eyes, and a spirit of despair.

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63 Just as it pleased(A) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please(B) him to ruin and destroy you.(C) You will be uprooted(D) from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter(E) you among all nations,(F) from one end of the earth to the other.(G) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(H) 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place(I) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes(J) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.(K)

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