Deuteronomy 29:12-21

12You are ready to accept the terms and conditions of the promise that the Lord your God is giving you today.

13With this promise the Lord will confirm today that you are his people and that he is your God. This is what he told you, and this is what he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath.

14You aren’t the only people to receive this promise and its conditions.

15It is for those of you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and also for those who are not here today.

16You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through other countries on our way here.

17You saw their disgusting gods and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.

18Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today who turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that no one among you is the source of this kind of bitter poison.

19Someone may hear the conditions of this promise. He may think that he is so blessed that he can say, “I’ll be safe even if I go my own stubborn way. After all, ⌞the Lord would never⌟ sweep away well-watered ground along with dry ground.”

20The Lord will never be willing to forgive that person, because the Lord’s burning anger will smolder against him. All the curses described in this book will happen to him. The Lord will erase ⌞every memory of⌟ that person’s name from the earth.

21And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster based on all the conditions of the promise written in this Book of the Teachings.