Deuteronomy 4:25-31

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²⁵ One day, you will have lived in the land for a long time. You will have children and grandchildren. Remember that you still must not make any kind of image as your idol. That would be a sin. Do not do any evil things that will cause the Lord your God to become angry. ²⁶ I am warning you today, as everyone on earth and everyone in heaven hears what I say. If you do not obey this command, you will soon die. You will not live long in the land that is your home on the other side of the Jordan River. You will die very soon. ²⁷ The Lord will send you out of that land to live among other nations. Only a few of you will continue to be alive. ²⁸ Among those nations, you will worship gods that men have made from wood and stone. Those gods cannot see or hear or eat or smell anything.

²⁹ But even in those places, if you look for the Lord your God, you will find him. If you want to serve him with everything that you think and with everything that you do, you will find him. ³⁰ When trouble happens to you in the future, you will turn back to him. When all these bad things happen to you, you will obey God again. ³¹ That is because the Lord your God is very kind. So he will not leave you alone. He will never destroy you. He will never forget the covenant that he made with your ancestors. That was a serious promise that he made to them.