Curses for Disobedience

¹⁵ “But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake^(A) you:^(B)

²⁵ The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions.^(A) You will be an object of horror^(B) to all the kingdoms of the earth.

² So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you^(A) when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you,^(B) but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.^(C)