So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live.”

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. ¹  Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”

You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, ¹  but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; ²  you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink. ³ 

and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell ¹  how I made fools ²  of the Egyptians ³  and about ⁴  my signs that I displayed ⁵  among them, so that you may know ⁶  that I am the Lord.”

I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you ¹  today that you will surely and swiftly be removed ²  from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be ³  annihilated.

You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ¹  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you ¹  again. No ²  craftsman ³  who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill ⁴  will never be heard in you again.

You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword. ¹ 

He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

You will laugh at destruction and famine ¹  and need not ²  be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes – you will see the wicked paid back. ¹ 

then you will understand ¹  how to fear the Lord, ²  and you will discover ³  knowledge ⁴  about God. ⁵ 

my soul ¹  will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. ² 

If ¹  someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling ²  in the end.

Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance. ¹ 

For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

By your endurance ¹  you will gain ²  your lives. ³ 

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open ¹  and you will be like divine beings who know ²  good and evil.” ³