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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 28, Verse 37

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The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
King James Version
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
New English Translation
You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the LORD will drive you.
World English Bible
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worms shall eat them.
40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint [thyself] with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [his fruit].
41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43
The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];