📜WEB · Deuteronomy 28:16
What does Deuteronomy 28:16 mean?
"You will be cursed in the city, and you will be cursed in the field."
— Deuteronomy 28:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath; if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today, to observe and to do,
and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you, and overtake you.
You will be cursed in the city, and you will be cursed in the field.
Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock will be cursed.
You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.
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