The Lord is going to destroy other nations as you enter the land. You will be destroyed like them if you don’t obey the Lord your God.
The Lord is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.
But you didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.
The dead bodies of these people will become food for birds and animals, and no one will be there to frighten them away.
“This is what the Almighty Lord says: This is Jerusalem! I have placed it in the center of the nations with countries all around it.
“If in spite of this you do not listen to me and still resist me,
Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
you will quickly disappear from the land you’re going to possess on the other side of the Jordan River. You won’t live very long there. You’ll be completely wiped out.
But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been until now.