36. May the Lord lead you and your king, whom you will have appointed over yourself, into a nation which you and your fathers have not known. And there you will serve foreign gods, of wood and of stone.
37. And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you.
38. You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything.
39. You will dig and plant a vineyard, but you will not drink the wine, nor gather anything at all from it. For it will be devastated by worms.
40. You will have olive trees in all your borders, but you will not be anointed with the oil. For the olives will fall off and perish.
41. You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity.
42. Rot will consume all the trees, as well as the fruits of your land.
43. The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower.