Deuteronomy 32:19–25

¹⁹The Lord saw this and rejected them^v

because he was angered by his sons and daughters.^w

²⁰“I will hide my face^x from them,” he said,

“and see what their end will be;

for they are a perverse generation,^y

children who are unfaithful.^z

²¹They made me jealous^a by what is no god

and angered me with their worthless idols.^b

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

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

²²For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,^d

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

It will devour^f the earth and its harvests^g

and set afire the foundations of the mountains.^h

²³“I will heap calamitiesⁱ on them

and spend my arrows^j against them.

²⁴I will send wasting famine^k against them,

consuming pestilence^l and deadly plague;^m

I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,ⁿ

the venom of vipers^o that glide in the dust.^p

²⁵In the street the sword will make them childless;

in their homes terror^q will reign.^r

The young men and young women will perish,

the infants and those with gray hair.^s