Punishment for Disobedience

¹⁴ “‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,^(A)

¹⁵ and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws^(A) and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,^(B)

Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵ However, if you do not obey^(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,^(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:^(C)

²⁷ But if you do not obey^(A) me to keep the Sabbath^(B) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire^(C) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”^(D)

⁵ But if you do not obey^(A) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear^(B) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”