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If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good.

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God's Unchanging Character

Commentators clarify that when the verse says God will "turn and do you evil," it doesn't mean God's fundamental character or love changes. As John Gill explains, it refers to a change in His "providential dealings." If Israel turns from Him, His outward actions will shift from blessing to judgment in response to their unfaithfulness.

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Joshua

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John Gill

John Gill

On Joshua 24:20

17th Century

Pastor

If you forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods Joshua knew the proneness of this people to idolatry, and therefore expre…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Joshua 24:15–28

17th Century

Minister

It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle from which all a…