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Deuteronomy 29:18-28

18lestthereshouldbeH1961amongyouman,orwoman,orfamily,ortribe, whoseheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820turnethawayסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595thisdayfromJehovahourGod,togotoservethegodsofthosenations; lestthereshouldbeH1961amongyouarootthatbeareth gallandwormwood;

19anditcometopass,whenheheareththewordsofthiscurseH423,thatheblesshimselfinhisheart, saying,Ishallhavepeace,thoughIwalkinthestubbornnessofmyheart,todestroythemoistwiththedry.

20Jehovahwillnotpardonhim,butthentheangerofJehovahandhisjealousywillsmokeagainstthatman,andallthecurseH423thatiswrittenH3789inthisbookH5612shalllie uponhim,andJehovahwillblotouthisnamefromunder heaven.

21AndJehovahwillsetH6965himapart unto eviloutofallthetribesofIsrael,accordingtoallthecursesofthecovenantthatiswritteninthisbookofthelaw.

22AndthegenerationtocomeH5927,yourchildrenthatshallriseupafteryou,andtheforeignerthatshallcomeH5927fromafarlandH776,shallsay,whenH834theyseetheplaguesofthatlandH776,andthesicknesses wherewithJehovahhathmadeitsick;

23andthatthewholelandH776thereofisbrimstone,andsalt,andaburning,thatitisnotsown, nor beareth, noranygrass groweth therein,liketheoverthrowofSodomandGomorrah, AdmahandZeboiim,whichJehovahoverthrewinhisangerH639,andinhiswrath:

24evenallthenationsshallsayH559, Wherefore hathJehovahdone thus untothislandH776?whatmeaneththeheatofthisgreatanger?

25Thenmenshallsay,BecausetheyforsookthecovenantofJehovah,theGodH430oftheirfathers,whichhemadeH3045withthemwhenH834hebroughtthemforthoutofthelandofEgypt,

26andwentH935andservedothergods,andworshippedthem, godsthattheyknewnot,andthathehadnotgiven untothem:

27thereforetheangerH639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstthislandH776,tobringuponitallthecursethatiswritteninthisbook;

28andJehovahrootedthemoutoftheirlandinanger,andinwrath,andingreatindignation,andcastthemintoanother land,asatthisday.

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