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

³⁸ 'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it; ³⁹ vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it; ⁴⁰ olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off. ⁴¹ 'Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity; ⁴² all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess; ⁴³ the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; ⁴⁴ he doth lend to thee, and thou dost not lend to him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

⁴⁵ 'And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee; ⁴⁶ and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed -- to the age.