35. The Lord will send painful boils on your knees and legs. No one will be able to heal them. They will cover you from head to toe.
36. The Lord will drive you out of the land. And he will drive out the king you place over you. All of you will go to a nation you and your people long ago didn't know anything about. There you will worship other gods. They will be made out of wood and stone.
37. You will look very bad to all of the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will laugh at you and make fun of you.
38. You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
39. You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won't drink the wine. You won't gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.
40. You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won't use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
41. You will have children. But you won't be able to keep them. They'll be taken away as prisoners.
42. Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all of your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
43. Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
44. They will lend money to you. But you won't be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
45. The Lord your God will send all of those curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They'll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord's curse until you are destroyed. That's because you didn't obey him. You didn't keep the commands and rules he gave you.
46. Those curses will remain as miraculous signs and wonders against you and your children after you forever.
47. You didn't serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
48. So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
49. The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won't understand that nation's language.
50. Its people will look mean. They won't have any respect for old people. They won't show any kindness to young people.
51. They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They'll eat up the crops on your land. They'll destroy you. They won't leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won't leave you any calves or lambs. They'll destroy you.
52. They'll surround all of the cities through your whole land. They'll get ready to attack them. They'll do those things until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That's what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
53. Your enemies will surround you and get ready to attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.