²⁵ “When you ^[a]become the father of children and children’s children and remain long in the land and ^(A)act corruptly and ^(B)make ^[b]a graven image in the form of anything and ^(C)do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God so as to provoke Him to anger, ²⁶ I ^(D)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will ^(E)surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not prolong your days on it, but will be utterly destroyed. ²⁷ And Yahweh will ^(F)scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations where Yahweh drives you. ^28 (G)And there you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, ^(H)wood and stone, ^(I)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. ^29 (J)But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find Him, for you will search for Him ^(K)with all your heart and all your soul. ³⁰ When you ^(L)are in distress and all these things have come upon you, ^(M)in the last days ^(N)you will return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice. ³¹ For Yahweh your God is a ^(O)compassionate God; ^(P)He will not fail you nor ^(Q)destroy you nor ^(R)forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.