13The 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;
14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
15But 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:
16You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.
17A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.
18A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
19You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
