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28 Yahweh shall afflict you with madness and with blindness and with confusion of heart. 29 And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed in finding your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed all the time,[a] and there will not be anyone who will rescue you. [b] 30 You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall sleep[c] with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; a vineyard you shall plant, but you shall not enjoy it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:29 Literally “all the days”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:29 Literally “one who delivers/rescues you
  3. Deuteronomy 28:30 Or “ravish/violate”

28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope(A) about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue(B) you.

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her.(C) You will build a house, but you will not live in it.(D) You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.(E)

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