Deuteronomy 31:16-17
31:16 Then the
Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die,
and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they
are going. They
will reject
me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
31:17 At that time
my anger will erupt against them
and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome
them
so that they
will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters
overcome us
because our
God is not among us
?’
Deuteronomy 31:1
Succession of Moses by Joshua
31:1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
Deuteronomy 9:6-9
9:6 Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the
Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn
people!
The History of Israel’s Stubbornness
9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.
9:8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9:9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.
Ezra 8:22
8:22 I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy
along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger
is against everyone who forsakes him.”
Isaiah 1:28
1:28 All rebellious sinners will be shattered,
those who abandon the Lord will perish.
Hebrews 10:38-39
10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.