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Deuteronomy 29:18-28

18lest there should be amongyouH3588manהַצְּמֵאָֽה׃ha.tze.me.'AhH6771, or woman, or family, or tribe, whoseheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820turnethawayסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595this day from the LORD ourGodלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, togoוְהָיָ֡הve.ha.YahH1961toserveיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961the gods ofthoseH853nations; lest there should be amongyouH3588a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

19and itcomeוְקִנְאָתוֹ֙ve.kin.'a.ToH7068to pass, when he heareth the words of thiscurseH423, that he blesshimselfהַה֔וּאha.Hu'H1931in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,thoughH3588I walk in the stubbornness ofmineמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478heart, todestroyכָּל־kol-H3605the moist with the dry:

20theLORDH3068willnotH2088pardon him, but then the anger of theLORDH3068and his jealousy shall smokeagainstH3605thatmanH3605, andallH3605thecurseH423that iswrittenH3789in thisbookH5612shall lie upon him, and theLORDH3068shall blotoutH3605his name from under heaven.

21And theLORDH3068shall separate him unto eviloutוְ֠רָאוּVe.ra.'uH7200ofallH1755the tribes of Israel,accordingמֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.KhemH310toallH1755the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

22And the generation tocomeH5927, your children that shallriseH5927upH5927afterאַרְצָהּ֒'ar.TzahH776youH834, and the foreigner that shallcomeH5927from afarכָל־khol-H3605landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776, shall say, when theyseeH834the plagues of thatlandהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and the sicknesses wherewith theLORDH3068hathmadeכָּל־kol-H3605it sick;

23and that thewholeH3605landH776thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it isnotהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088sown, nor beareth, noranyH3605grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim,whichהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471theLORDH3068overthrew in hisangerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639, and in hiswrathבְּאַפּ֖וֹbe.'a.PoH639:

24evenH853all thenationsלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776shallsayH559, Wherefore hath theLORDH3068done thus unto thislandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776?whatH834meaneth the heat of thisgreatאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430anger?

25Then men shall say,BecauseH834they forsook the covenant of the LORD, theGodH430of their fathers,whichH834hemadeH3045with them when he brought themforthH3045outH3045of the land of Egypt;

26andwentלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935and servedotherH2088gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knewnotH2088, and whom he hadnotH2088given unto them:

27therefore theangerH639of theLORDH3068was kindledagainstמֵעַ֣לme.'AlH5921thislandH776, to bringuponעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921itallכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117the curse that is written in this book:

28and theLORDH3068rooted themoutכָּל־kol-H3605of their land in anger, and in wrath, and ingreatאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430indignation, and cast themintoוְהַנִּגְלֹ֞תve.ha.nig.LotH1540another land, as at this day.

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