9 The Lord will make you his holy people, as he promised. But you must obey his commands. You must do what he wants you to do.
10 Then everyone on earth will see that you are the Lord’s people. They will be afraid of you.
11 The Lord will make you rich. You will have many children. Your cattle will have many calves. Your land will give good crops. It is the land that the Lord promised your ancestors he would give to you.
12 The Lord will open up his storehouse. The skies will send rain on your land at the right time. And he will bless everything you do. You will lend to other nations. But you will not need to borrow from them.
13 The Lord will make you like the head and not like the tail. You will be on top and not on bottom. But you must obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today. Be careful to keep them.
14 Do not disobey anything I command you today. Do exactly as I command. Do not follow other gods or serve them.
15 But you might not obey the Lord your God. You might not carefully follow all his commands and laws I am giving you today. Then all these curses will come upon you and stay: