But just as all the good things which the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you — The covenant dualism becomes explicit: just as positive promises have been fulfilled, negative curses will be executed if Israel violates covenant terms. The phrase 'all the evil things' (kol-haddābārim hāraʿîm) mirrors the earlier 'all the good things' (kol-haddābārim hattôbîm); the covenant's blessing and curse operate with symmetrical power. The threat of destruction and land-loss represents the ultimate covenant reversal.

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