Joshua 23:15
13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
14 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
- KJV
- Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
- WEB
- It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which the LORD your God spoke to you, so the LORD will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you,
- ASV
- And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
- DARBY
- But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;
- BLB
- And it will come to pass that as have come upon you⁺ all the good things that YHWH your⁺ God has spoken to you⁺, so YHWH will bring upon you⁺ all the word of evil, until He has destroyed you⁺ from this good land that YHWH your⁺ God has given to you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men slik som alle de gode ord Herren deres Gud har talt til dere, er oppfylt på dere, slik skal Herren la alle de onde ord oppfylles på dere, inntil han har utryddet dere av dette gode land som Herren deres Gud har gitt dere.
- OTB
- Men akkurat som alle de gode tingene Herren deres Gud lovet dere har kommet over dere, slik vil Herren bringe over dere alle de onde tingene Han har advart om, inntil Han har ødelagt dere fra dette gode landet som Herren deres Gud har gitt dere.
- B1930
- Men likesom alle de gode ord Herren eders Gud har talt til eder, er opfylt på eder, således skal Herren la alle de onde ord opfylles på eder, inntil han har utryddet eder av dette gode land som Herren eders Gud har gitt eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 28:15–68
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Read in contextJudges 13:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:16–17
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:14–46
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Read in contextJudges 4:1–2
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read in contextJudges 3:8
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Read in contextLuke 21:22–24
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
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