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Deuteronomy 11:16-17

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Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience

11:16 Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! 1  11:17 Then the anger of the Lord will erupt 2  against you and he will close up the sky 3  so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed 4  from the good land that the Lord 5  is about to give you.

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[11:16]  1 tn Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[11:17]  2 tn Heb “will become hot”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “will be kindled”; NAB “will flare up”; NIV, NLT “will burn.”

[11:17]  3 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[11:17]  4 tn Or “be destroyed”; NAB, NIV “will soon perish.”

[11:17]  5 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 11:4.



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