Deuteronomy 32:19–25

“The Lord saw it and spurned them,

because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;

I will see what their end will be,

for they are a perverse generation,

children in whom is no faithfulness.

They have made me jealous with what is no god;

they have provoked me to anger with their idols.

So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

For a fire is kindled by my anger,

and it burns to the depths of Sheol,

devours the earth and its increase,

and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

“ ‘And I will heap disasters upon them;

I will spend my arrows on them;

they shall be wasted with hunger,

and devoured by plague

and poisonous pestilence;

I will send the teeth of beasts against them,

with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

Outdoors the sword shall bereave,

and indoors terror,

for young man and woman alike,

the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

The Lord saw this and rejected them

because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

“I will hide my face from them,” he said,

“and see what their end will be;

for they are a perverse generation,

children who are unfaithful.

They made me jealous by what is no god

and angered me with their worthless idols.

I will make them envious by those who are not a people;

I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,

one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.

It will devour the earth and its harvests

and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

“I will heap calamities on them

and spend my arrows against them.

I will send wasting famine against them,

consuming pestilence and deadly plague;

I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,

the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

In the street the sword will make them childless;

in their homes terror will reign.

The young men and young women will perish,

the infants and those with gray hair.

When the Lord saw this, he despised them,

angered by his sons and daughters.

He said, “I will hide my face from them;

I will see what will become of them,

for they are a perverse generation—

unfaithful children.

They have provoked my jealousy

with what is not a god;

they have enraged me with their worthless idols.

So I will provoke their jealousy

with what is not a people;

I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

For fire has been kindled because of my anger

and burns to the depths of Sheol;

it devours the land and its produce,

and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

“I will pile disasters on them;

I will use up my arrows against them.

They will be weak from hunger,

ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;

I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,

as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.

Outside, the sword will take their children,

and inside, there will be terror;

the young man and the young woman will be killed,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

“The Lord saw this and drew back,

provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.

He said, ‘I will abandon them;

then see what becomes of them.

For they are a twisted generation,

children without integrity.

They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God;

they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.

Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;

I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

For my anger blazes forth like fire

and burns to the depths of the grave.

It devours the earth and all its crops

and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

I will heap disasters upon them

and shoot them down with my arrows.

I will weaken them with famine,

burning fever, and deadly disease.

I will send the fangs of wild beasts

and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.

Outside, the sword will bring death,

and inside, terror will strike

both young men and young women,

both infants and the aged.

Then Yahweh saw, and he spurned them,

because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

So he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;

I will see what will be their end,

for they are a generation of perversity,

children in whom there is no faithfulness.

They annoyed me with what is not a god;

they provoked me with their idols.

So I will make them jealous with those not a people,

with a foolish nation I will provoke them.

For a fire was kindled by my anger,

and it burned up to the depths of Sheol,

and it devoured the earth and its produce,

and it set afire the foundation of the mountains.

I will heap disasters upon them;

my arrows I will spend on them.

They will become weakened by famine,

and consumed by plague and bitter pestilence;

and the teeth of wild animals I will send against them,

with the poison of the creeping things in the dust;

From outside her boundaries the sword will make her childless,

and from inside, terror;

both for the young man and also the young woman,

the infant along with the gray-headed man.

And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them,

Because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

And he said, I will hide my face from them,

I will see what their end shall be:

For they are a very froward generation,

Children in whom is no faith.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God;

They have provoked me to anger with their vanities:

And I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

For a fire is kindled in mine anger,

And shall burn unto the lowest hell,

And shall consume the earth with her increase,

And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

I will heap mischiefs upon them;

I will spend mine arrows upon them.

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,

And with bitter destruction:

I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,

With the poison of serpents of the dust.

The sword without,

And terror within, shall destroy

Both the young man and the virgin,

The suckling also with the man of gray hairs.