44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 Moreover, all of these curses will come on you and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
46 They will be a perpetual sign and wonder in regard to you and your descendants,
47 because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.
48 Therefore, you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and need of all things, and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.
49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,
50 a nation with a fierce countenance, which will not respect the old or show favor to the young.