Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

Behold, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil;

I call Heaven and earth to bear witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live;

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.

But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.