…Because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee… Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things… The LORD shall bring a nation against thee… And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst… (Deuteronomy 28:45b, 47, 49a, 52a)