H9001–/וַ–v

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

וּנְתָֽנְךָ֨ (וּ) u. “and”וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָ֧אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִשִּׂיגֽוּךָ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.

וּרְדָפ֖וּךָ (וּ) u. “and”

And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.

וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

וְהָיִ֣יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.

וְהָיִ֜יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֜יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:

וְהָיִ֗יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.

וְהָיִ֖יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.

וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.

וְהָיִ֣יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.

וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

וּבָ֨אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;

וְהָי֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַ֞ן (וְ) ve. “and”

He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.

וְ֠אָכַל (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

וְהֵצַ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵצַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

וְהִפְלָ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.

וְהֵשִׁ֣יב (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָבְק֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

וְ֠הָיָה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְנִסַּחְתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.

וֶהֱפִֽיצְךָ֤ (וֶ) ve. “and”וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:

וְנָתַן֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:

וְהָי֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”