The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the ble ings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways …

Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. —“Perhaps I shall die today by the sword that comes upon me” (Rashi).

And your life shall hang in doubt before you
Whether it shall be spared or not by the enemy:

and …

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…