Deuteronomy 28:38-46 - The Curse Of Reversed Status

38 Thou shalt bring out much seed to thy field, and shalt gather little, for the locust shall devour it 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and thou shalt work; and thou shalt not drink the wine, and thou shalt not gather, for the worm shall eat it 40 Olive trees shall be to thee in all thy boundaries, and thou shalt not be anointed with oil, for thine olive shall slip away. 41 And thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be to thee, for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy wood and the fruit of thy land shall the grasshopper seize. 43 The stranger which is in the midst of thee shall go up above thee, going up, going up; and thou shalt go down beneath, beneath. 44 He shall lend to thee and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be for head, and thou shalt be for tail.

45 And all these curses came upon thee and pursued thee and overtook thee, till he destroyed thee; for thou heardst not to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to watch his commands and his laws which he commanded thee. 46 And they were upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed even to forever.