Deuteronomy 28:3-5

28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. ¹  28:4 Your children ²  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 28:5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed.

Deuteronomy 28:11

28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ³  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ⁴  promised your ancestors ⁵  he would give you.

Deuteronomy 28:15-18

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁶  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ⁷  28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field. 28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed. 28:18 Your children ⁸  will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

---

¹ tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.

² tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

³ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

⁶ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

⁷ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

⁸ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).