Deuteronomy 8:20 - Easy To Read Version The Lord is destroying other nations for you. But if you follow those other gods, then you will be destroyed just like them! Why? Because you stopped listening to the Lord your God! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the nations which the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. American Standard Version (1901) As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God. Common English Bible Just like the nations that the LORD is destroying before you, that’s exactly how you will be destroyed—all because you didn’t obey the LORD your God’s voice. Catholic Public Domain Version Just like the nations, which the Lord destroyed upon your arrival, so shall you also perish, if you have been disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God. |
But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil worse than their fathers.
Then the Lord my Master said to me, “That \{brick\} is a picture of Jerusalem. I put Jerusalem in the middle of other nations. And there are countries all around her.
“If you still refuse to listen to me, and if you still turn against me,
So the survivors [450] will rot away in their sin in their enemies’ countries. They will rot away in their sins just like their ancestors [451] did.
So, I am warning you now. Heaven and earth are my witnesses! If you do that evil thing, then you will quickly be destroyed! You are crossing the Jordan River now to take that land. But if you make any idols, then you will not live there very long. No, you will be completely destroyed!
You must continue to follow the Lord your God. You have done this in the past, and you must continue to do it.