"But ifyou turnawayand forsakeMy statutesand My commandmentswhichI have setbeforeyou, and goand serveothergodsand worshipthem,
"As for you, my sonSolomon,knowthe Godof your father,and serveHim with a wholeheartand a willingmind;for the LORDsearchesallhearts,and understandseveryintentof the thoughts.Ifyou seekHim, He will let you findHim; but ifyou forsakeHim, He will rejectyou forever.
and I will not againremovethe footof Israelfrom the landwhichI have appointedfor your fathers,ifonlythey will observeto doallthat I have commandedthem according to allthe law,the statutesand the ordinances[given] throughMoses."
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
The LORDsaid,"Becausethey have forsakenMy lawwhichI setbeforethem, and have not obeyedMy voicenorwalkedaccording to it,
But ifyou do not obeyMe and do not carryout allthesecommandments,
"For if you turnawayfrom followingHim, He will oncemoreabandonthem in the wilderness,and you will destroyallthesepeople."
"But it shall comeabout, ifyou do not obeythe LORDyour God,to observeto doallHis commandmentsand His statuteswith whichI chargeyou today,that allthesecurseswill comeupon you and overtakeyou:
sothat you will not associatewith thesenations,thesewhich remainamongyou, or mentionthe nameof their gods,or make [anyone] swear[by them], or servethem, or bowdownto them.
"But ifyou stilldowickedly,bothyou and your kingwill be sweptaway."
