“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
Cross over your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint anymore.
The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. “The Lord will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.
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