¹⁶ Only be careful not to let yourself be enticed, turning away and serving other gods, worshiping them. ¹⁷ Then the Lord’s anger would lash out against you. He would shut up the heavens so that there would be no rain, no produce from the land. Beware lest you soon perish in the good land that the Lord is giving you.

¹⁸ Rewards of Faithfulness. Fix these words in your heart and your soul, bind them as a reminder upon your hand, and wear them as a pendant between your eyes.