13 The Lord your God will make you leaders, not followers. Pay attention to his commands that I'm giving you today. Be careful to follow them. Then you will always be on top. You will never be on the bottom.
14 Don't turn away from any of the commands I'm giving you today. Don't turn to the right or the left. Don't follow other gods. Don't worship them.
15 But suppose you don't obey the Lord your God. And you aren't careful to follow all of his commands and rules I'm giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They'll catch up with you. Here are those curses.
16 You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.
17 Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.
18 Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.
19 You will be cursed no matter where you go.