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I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
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I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.
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'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments,
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and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant,
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I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.
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'And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
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I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
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And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
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'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.
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I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.