Deuteronomy 4:25-31
New King James Version
25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and (A)do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 (B)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [a]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (C)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (D)there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, (E)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 (F)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [b]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (G)latter days, when you (H)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (I)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
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- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
Deuteronomy 4:25-31
Lexham English Bible
25 “When you have had children and grandchildren[a] and you have grown old in the land and you act corruptly and you make a divine image of the form of anything and you do evil in the eyes of Yahweh your God, thus provoking him to anger, 26 I call[b] to witness against you today the heaven and the earth, that you will perish soon and completely from the land that you are crossing the Jordan into it to take possession of it; you will not live long on it,[c] but you will be completely destroyed. 27 And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number[d] among the nations to where Yahweh will lead you.[e] 28 And you will there serve gods made by human hands,[f] of wood and stone, gods that cannot see and cannot hear and cannot eat and cannot smell. 29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God and will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.[g] 30 In your distress[h] when[i] all these things have found you in the latter days,[j] then[k] you will return to Yahweh your God, and you will listen to his voice. 31 For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; he will not abandon you,[l] and he will not destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant of your ancestors[m] that he swore to them.
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- Deuteronomy 4:25 Literally “children of children”
- Deuteronomy 4:26 Or “I shall call to witness”
- Deuteronomy 4:26 Literally “you will not extend days”
- Deuteronomy 4:27 Literally “people of number,” as opposed to people without number
- Deuteronomy 4:27 Literally “he will lead Yahweh you there”
- Deuteronomy 4:28 Literally “the work of the hands of human”
- Deuteronomy 4:29 Or “inner self”
- Deuteronomy 4:30 Literally “In the distress for you”
- Deuteronomy 4:30 Hebrew “and”
- Deuteronomy 4:30 Literally “in the last of the days”
- Deuteronomy 4:30 Hebrew “and”
- Deuteronomy 4:31 Literally “will not leave you alone”
- Deuteronomy 4:31 Or “fathers”
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