6:15 for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land. 1
Deuteronomy 30:17-18
30:17 However, if you 2 turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,
30:18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly 3 perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 4
1 tnHeb “lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you and destroy you from upon the surface of the ground.” Cf. KJV, ASV “from off the face of the earth.”
2 tnHeb “your heart,” as a metonymy for the person.
3 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”