World English Bible
Deuteronomy 28:44
“He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 28
42
All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
43
The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
44
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
45
All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
46
and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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