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It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
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A Solemn Warning
All commentators agree on the verse's stark warning: forgetting God and turning to idols leads to ruin. John Gill clarifies that 'forgetting' involves both ingratitude for His blessings and neglect of one's duty. The consequence is not a suggestion but a solemn testimony that such a path ends in destruction, just as it did for the nations Israel was displacing.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Baptist
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall be, if you do at all forget the Lord your God , &c.] Either the mercies they received from him, not acknowledging…
Presbyterian
Moses points to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let us always remember our Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses also arms us ag…
