13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.
14 Do not turn aside to the right or the left from all the things I am commanding you today, and do not go after other gods to worship them.
15 “But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the cityand cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
18 Your descendants will be cursed,and your land’s produce,the young of your herds,and the newborn of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come inand cursed when you go out.