The Skeptics Annotated Bible (199 page)

26 And
thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

(28.26)
“Thy carcass shall be meat unto all the fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.”

27
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

(28.27)
“The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.”

28
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

(28.28)
“The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart.”

29 And
thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness
, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways:
and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

(28.29)
“Thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness … and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.”

30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her
: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

(28.30)
“Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her.”

31
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and
thou shalt not eat thereof:
thine ass shall be violently taken away
from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

(28.31)
“Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and … thine ass shall be violently taken away.”

32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people
, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

(28.32)
“Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people.”

33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed
alway:

(28.33)
“The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed.”

34 So that
thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

(28.34)
“Thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.”

35
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

(28.35)
“The Lord will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.”

36
The LORD shall bring thee
, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee,
unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone
.

(28.36)
“The LORD shall bring thee … unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.”

37 And
thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations
whither the LORD shall lead thee.

(28.37)
“Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations.”

38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

(26.38)
“Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.”

39
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them
.

(26.39)
“Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.”

40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

(26.40)
“Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.”

41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

(28.41)
“Thou shalt begat sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.”

42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

(28.42)
“All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.”

43
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him:
he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

(28.43-44)
“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low … he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.”

45 Moreover
all these curses shall come upon thee
, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee,
till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

(28.45)
“All these curses shall come upon thee … till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:”

46
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

(28.46)
“And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.”

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

(28.48)
“Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
”

49
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far
, from the end of the earth,
as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

(28.49)
“The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far … as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;”

50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

(28.50)
“A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:”

51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

(28.51)
“And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.”

52
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down
, wherein thou trustedst,
throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates
throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

(28.52)
“And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down … throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates.”

53 And
thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters
, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

(28.53)
“Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters.”

54 So
that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

(28.54)
“That the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:”

55
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat
: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

(28.55)
“So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat.”

56
The tender and delicate woman
among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom,
and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

(28.56)
“The tender and delicate woman … her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom.”

57
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them
for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

(28.57)
“And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them.”

58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book,
that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

(28.58)
“That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD.”
132 Should we fear God?

59
Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

(28.59)
“Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.”

60 Moreover
he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

(28.60)
“He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.”

61
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

(28.61)
“Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.”

62 And
ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD
thy God.

(28.62)
“Ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD.”

63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so
the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you
, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

(28.63)
“The LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you.”

64 And
the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods
, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

(28.64)
“The LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods.”

65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but
the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: