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Deuteronomy 31:16

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
הִנְּךָ֥hi.ne.Khahere youH2009 →
שֹׁכֵ֖בsho.Khev[are] about to lie downH7901 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaancestors yourH1 →
וְקָם֩ve.Kamand it will ariseH6965 →
הָעָ֨םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְזָנָ֣ה׀ve.za.Nahand it will act as a prostituteH2181 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י׀'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] gods ofH430 →
נֵֽכַר־ne.khar-<the> foreignness ofH5236 →
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
ה֤וּאhu'itH1931 →
בָא־va'-[is] about to goH935 →
שָׁ֙מָּה֙Sha.mahthere towardsH8033 →
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹbe.kir.Boin midst itsH7130 →
וַעֲזָבַ֕נִיva.'a.za.Va.niand it will forsake meH5800 →
וְהֵפֵר֙ve.he.Ferand it will breakH6565 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּרִיתִ֔יbe.ri.Ticovenant myH1285 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
כָּרַ֖תִּיka.Ra.tiI madeH3772 →
אִתּֽוֹ׃'i.Towith itH854 →

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Judges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.Judges 10:13But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Judges 2:12Thus 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,Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”Jeremiah 2:11–13Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.Hosea 2:2–5Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”Isaiah 57:2–8Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.Ezekiel 16:25–36At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.Ezekiel 23:5–21Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriorsActs 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.Psalms 78:10They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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