Deuteronomy 4:25–31

²⁵“When you ¹become the father of children and children’s children and remain long in the land and ^aact corruptly and ^bmake ²a graven image in the form of anything and ^cdo that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God so as to provoke Him to anger,

²⁶I ^acall heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will ^bsurely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not prolong your days on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

²⁷“And Yahweh will ^ascatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations where Yahweh drives you.

²⁸“^aAnd there you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, ^bwood and stone, ^cwhich neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

²⁹“^aBut from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find Him, for you will search for Him ^bwith all your heart and all your soul.

³⁰“When you ^aare in distress and all these things have come upon you, ^bin the last days ^cyou will return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice.

³¹“For Yahweh your God is a ^acompassionate God; ^bHe will not fail you nor ^cdestroy you nor ^dforget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.