"...it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.... that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. ...Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds.... The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face.... The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail.... if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God.


But... if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God... all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.... The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.... The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust..." Deuteronomy 28


"Mene, Mene, Tekel...  you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting." Daniel 5