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Deuteronomy 30:7and Jehovah thy God hath put all this oath on thine enemies, and on those hating thee, who have pursued thee.Deuteronomy 30:8‘And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast done all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day;Deuteronomy 30:9and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,Deuteronomy 30:10for thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which are written in the book of this law, for thou turnest back unto Jehovah thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.Deuteronomy 31:16And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;Deuteronomy 31:17and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst—these evils have found me?Deuteronomy 31:18and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done, for it hath turned unto other gods.Deuteronomy 31:19‘And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,Deuteronomy 31:20and I bring them in unto the ground which I have sworn to their fathers—flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned unto other gods, and they have served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant.Deuteronomy 31:21‘And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it, that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day, before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn.’Deuteronomy 31:22And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel,Deuteronomy 31:23and He commandeth Joshua son of Nun, and saith, ‘Be strong and courageous, for thou dost bring in the sons of Israel unto the land which I have sworn to them, and I—I am with thee.’Deuteronomy 31:24And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion,Deuteronomy 31:25that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,Deuteronomy 31:26‘Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;Deuteronomy 31:27for I—I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.Deuteronomy 31:28‘Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words, and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth,Deuteronomy 31:29for I have known that after my death ye do very corruptly, and have turned aside out of the way which I commanded you, and evil hath met you in the latter end of the days, because ye do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.’Deuteronomy 31:30And Moses speaketh in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, till their completion:—Deuteronomy 32:5It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons’, A generation perverse and crooked!Deuteronomy 32:6To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father—thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.Deuteronomy 32:15And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat—thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.Deuteronomy 32:16They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrifice to demons—no god! Gods they have not known—New ones—from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!Deuteronomy 32:18The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.Deuteronomy 32:19And Jehovah seeth and despiseth—For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.Deuteronomy 32:20And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what is their latter end; For a froward generation are they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.Deuteronomy 32:21They have made Me zealous by ‘no-god,’ They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by ‘no-people,’ By a foolish nation I make them angry.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol—the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.Deuteronomy 32:23I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.Deuteronomy 32:24Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.Deuteronomy 32:25Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers—fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.Deuteronomy 32:26I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;Deuteronomy 32:27If not—the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know—Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.Deuteronomy 32:28For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.Deuteronomy 32:29If they were wise—They deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end:Deuteronomy 32:30How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not—that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?Joshua 24:20When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.’Joshua 24:21And the people saith unto Joshua, ‘No, but Jehovah we do serve.’Joshua 24:22And Joshua saith unto the people, ‘Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, ‘Witnesses!’)Joshua 24:23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.’Joshua 24:24And the people say unto Joshua, ‘Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.’Joshua 24:25And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.Joshua 24:26And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which is in the sanctuary of Jehovah.Joshua 24:27And Joshua saith unto all the people, ‘Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.’Judges 2:12and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who are round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah,Judges 10:12And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand;Judges 10:13and ye—ye have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I add not to save you.Judges 10:14Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they—they save you in the time of your adversity.’1 Samuel 15:11‘I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;’ and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.’1 Samuel 15:27And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is rent!1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel saith unto him, ‘Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;1 Kings 8:33‘In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back unto Thee, and have confessed Thy name, and prayed, and made supplication unto Thee in this house,1 Kings 8:34then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers.1 Kings 8:35‘In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them,1 Kings 8:36then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, for Thou directest them the good way in which they go, and hast given rain on Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy people for inheritance.1 Kings 8:37Famine—when it is in the land; pestilence—when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar—when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land in its gates, any plague, any sickness,—1 Kings 8:38any prayer, any supplication that is of any man of all Thy people Israel, who know each the plague of his own heart, and hath spread his hands towards this house,1 Kings 8:39then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast done, and hast given to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, (for Thou hast known—Thyself alone—the heart of all the sons of man),