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11 “The Lord will show his abundant goodness with respect to your children,[a] the offspring of your animals, and the produce of your farmland that he[b] promised your ancestors he would give you.

12 “The Lord will open his rich[c] treasury, the heavens, to release rain upon your land in season and bless everything you undertake so that you’ll lend to many nations but won’t borrow.

13 “The Lord your God will make you the head and not the tail—placing you above and not beneath—if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you today to keep and observe.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit. the fruit of your womb
  2. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit. the Lord
  3. Deuteronomy 28:12 Or good

11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(B)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(C) of his bounty,(D) to send rain(E) on your land in season and to bless(F) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(G) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(H) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(I)

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