Deuteronomy 28:45-47

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁵ All these curses shall come upon you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God, by observing the commandments and the decrees that he commanded you. ⁴⁶ They shall be among you and your descendants as a sign and a portent for ever.

⁴⁷ Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,