30. “You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house, but you will not dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not put it to use.
31. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen in front of you, and it will not be returned to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.
32. “Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while your eyes look on, longing for them all day long—but your hand will be powerless.
33. A people you do not know will eat up the produce of your soil and all your labor, and you will be only oppressed and crushed all the time.
34. You will be driven mad by the sight that your eyes will see.
35. “Adonai will strike you on the knees and thighs with severe boils, from which you cannot be healed—from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
36. “Adonai will bring you and the king you set over you to a nation you and your fathers have not known—and there you will serve other gods, wood and stone.
37. You will become a horror, a proverb, and a byword—among all the peoples where Adonai will drive you.
38. “Much seed you will take out to the field—but little will you bring in, for the locust will eat it up.
39. Vineyards you will plant and tend—but wine you will not drink or bring in, for the worm will devour it.
40. Olive trees you will have in all your territory—but oil you will not rub on yourself, for your olives will drop off.
41. Sons and daughters you will father—but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.