7. The Lord will defeat your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction but run away from you in seven directions.
8. The Lord will bless your barns and everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the land that he is giving you.
9. You will be the Lord’s holy people, as he promised you with an oath. He will do this if you obey the commands of the Lord your God and follow his directions.
10. Then all the people in the world will see that you are the Lord’s people, and they will be afraid of you.
11. The Lord will give you plenty of blessings: You will have many children. Your animals will have many offspring. Your soil will produce many crops in the land the Lord will give you, as he swore to your ancestors.
12. The Lord will open the heavens, his rich storehouse, for you. He will send rain on your land at the right time and bless everything you do. You will be able to make loans to many nations but won’t need to borrow from any.
13. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. You will always be at the top, never at the bottom, if you faithfully obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today.
14. Do everything I’m commanding you today. Never worship other gods or serve them.
15. Obey the Lord your God, and faithfully follow all his commands and laws that I am giving you today. If you don’t, all these curses will come to you and stay close to you:
16. You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17. The grain you harvest and the bread you bake will be cursed.
18. You will be cursed. You will have few children. Your land will have few crops. Your cattle will be cursed with few calves, and your flocks will have few lambs and kids.
19. You will be cursed when you come and cursed when you go.