¹⁸ And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of ^(A)the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like^{[a] (B)}the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts—

¹⁰ And he brought him all these, ^(A)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But ^(B)he did not cut the birds in half.

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

^2 (A)“If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, ^(B)in transgressing his covenant,

God Himself Is Judge

A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.

¹⁶ if you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.”

¹¹ Israel has sinned; they have ^(A)transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the ^(B)devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

¹⁷ When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ^(A)“To your offspring I give^[a] this land, from ^(B)the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,