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Deuteronomy 8:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then you will have plenty to eat, and you will build good houses and live in them.

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If I have too much, I might deny that I need you, Lord. But if I am too poor, I might steal and bring shame to the name of my God.

“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked like a bull. (Yes, you people were fed well and became full and fat.) They left the God who made them! They ran away from the Rock who saved them.

“The Lord your God gave you many blessings. But you did not serve him with joy and a glad heart.

“It will be the same as during the time of Lot, when God destroyed Sodom. Those people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building houses for themselves.

“You people think the right time has come for you to live in nice houses. You live in houses with beautiful wooden paneling on the walls, but the Lord’s house is still in ruins.

You take unfair taxes from the poor. You take loads of wheat from them. You build fancy houses with cut stone, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Then I began doing great things. I built houses, and I planted vineyards for myself.

I will take them into the land that I promised to give to their ancestors—a land filled with many good things. And they will have all they want to eat. They will have a rich life. But then they will turn to other gods and serve them. They will turn away from me and break my agreement.

These men say, ‘We will be building our houses again very soon. We are as safe in this city as meat in a pot!’

Your cattle, sheep, and goats will grow large. You will get plenty of gold and silver. You will have plenty of everything.

“The Lord your God made a promise to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He promised to give you this land, and he will give it to you. He will give you great and rich cities that you did not build.




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