²⁶ I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses^(A) against you^(B) this day that you will quickly perish^(C) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. ²⁷ The Lord will scatter^(D) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive^(E) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. ²⁸ There you will worship man-made gods^(F) of wood and stone,^(G) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.^(H)

⁹ Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(A) The Lord will again delight^(B) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,

³³ I will scatter^(A) you among the nations^(B) and will draw out my sword^(C) and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste,^(D) and your cities will lie in ruins.^{(E) 34} Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate^(F) and you are in the country of your enemies;^(G) then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. ³⁵ All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest^(H) it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

³⁶ “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf^(I) will put them to flight.^(J) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.^{(K) 37} They will stumble over one another^(L) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.^{(M) 38} You will perish^(N) among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.^{(O) 39} Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’^(P) sins they will waste away.^(Q)