‘If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let’s go and worship other gods” #– #which neither you nor your ancestors have known,
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord so that his burning anger may turn away from Israel.’
But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship #– #the gods your ancestors worshipped beyond the River Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.’
However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by #– #a great assembly #– #and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,