13 “And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, ^uto love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 ^vhe¹ will give the rain for your land in its season, ^wthe early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. 15 ^xAnd he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and ^yyou shall eat and be full.

Blessings for Obedience

1 “And ^qif you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you ^rhigh above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and ^sovertake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and ^tblessed shall you be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be ^uthe fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your ^vkneading bowl. 6 Blessed shall you be ^wwhen you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 “The Lord ^xwill cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 The Lord ^ywill command the blessing on you in your barns and ^zin all that you undertake. ^aAnd he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 9 ^bThe Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10 And ^call the peoples of the earth shall see that you are ^dcalled by the name of the Lord, and they shall be ^eafraid of you. 11 And ^fthe Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in ^uthe fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, ^gto give the rain to your land in its season and ^hto bless all the work of your hands. And ⁱyou shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you ^jthe head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14 ^kand if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

4 ^tYou shall follow my rules¹ and keep my statutes and walk in them. ^qI am the Lord your God.