God’s Threat 2

You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will ravish her.  You will build a house, but someone else will live in it.  You will plant a vineyard, but you will never enjoy its fruit.  Your ox will be butchered before your eyes, but you won’t get a single bite of the meat.  Your donkey will be driven away, never to be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will be there to help you.  You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves.  Your heart will break as you long for them, but nothing you do will help.  A foreign nation you have never heard about will eat the crops you worked so hard to grow.  You will suffer under constant oppression and harsh treatment.  You will go mad because of all the tragedy around you.  The LORD will cover you from head to foot with incurable boils.  (Deuteronomy 28:30-35 NLT)