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Deuteronomy 29:26

24 So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

25 And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

27 Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.

28 The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
KJV
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
WEB
and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they didn’t know and that he had not given to them.
ASV
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:
DARBY
and they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.
BLB
For they went and served other gods and worshiped them—gods that they did not know, that He had not apportioned to them—
ÅB
og de gikk bort og dyrket andre guder og tilba dem, guder som de ikke kjente, og som han ikke hadde gitt dem lov til å dyrke,
OTB
De gikk og tjente andre guder og tilbad dem, guder de ikke kjente og som Han ikke hadde tildelt dem.
B1930
og de gikk bort og dyrket andre guder og tilbad dem, guder som de ikke kjente, og som han ikke hadde gitt dem lov til å dyrke,

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 44:2–6

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation

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  • Jeremiah 19:3–13

    saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:12–17

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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  • Judges 5:8

    When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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  • Judges 2:12–13

    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

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  • 2 Kings 17:7–18

    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

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