American Standard Version
"The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. "
— Deuteronomy 28:43, American Standard Version
“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”
“The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.”
“The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.”
“The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.”
“The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.”
“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”
Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.