Leviticus 18:28

18:28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it ¹  just as it has vomited out the nations ²  that were before you.

Leviticus 20:23

20:23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation ³  which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

Deuteronomy 28:63

28:63 This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he ⁴  will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

Deuteronomy 29:28

29:28 So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

Joshua 23:15-16

23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, ⁵  it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment ⁶  until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you. 23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, ⁷  and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, ⁸  the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear ⁹  quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

Joshua 23:2

23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua 1:17

1:17 Just as we obeyed ¹⁰  Moses, so we will obey you. But ¹¹  may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!

Ezekiel 33:24-29

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ¹²  33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, ¹³  pray to ¹⁴  your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess ¹⁵  the land? 33:26 You rely ¹⁶  on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’

33:27 “This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die ¹⁷  by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease. 33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them. 33:29 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’ ¹⁸ 

Luke 21:23-24

21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress ¹⁹  on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They ²⁰  will fall by the edge ²¹  of the sword and be led away as captives ²²  among all nations. Jerusalem ²³  will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. ²⁴ 

[18:28]  ¹ tn Heb “And the land will not vomit you out in your defiling it.”

[18:28]  ² tc The MT reads the singular “nation” and is followed by ASV, NASB, NRSV; the LXX, Syriac, and Targum have the plural “nations” (cf. v. 24).

[20:23]  ³ tc One medieval Hebrew ms, Smr, and all the major ancient versions have the plural “nations.” Some English versions retain the singular (e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV); others have the plural “nations” (e.g., NAB, NIV) and still others translate as “people” (e.g., TEV, NLT).

[28:63]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it will be as every good word which the Lord your God spoke to you has come to pass.”

[23:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “so the Lord will bring every injurious [or “evil”] word [or “thing”] upon you.”

[23:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “when you violate the covenant of the Lord your God which he commanded you.”

[23:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[23:16]  ⁹ tn Or “perish.”

[1:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “listened to.”

[1:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[33:24]  ¹² sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.

[33:25]  ¹³ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

[33:25]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”

[33:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Will you possess?”

[33:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “stand.”

[33:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fall.”

[33:29]  ¹⁸ sn The judgments of vv. 27-29 echo the judgments of Lev 26:22, 25.

[21:23]  ¹⁹ sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

[21:24]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:24]  ²¹ tn Grk “by the mouth of the sword” (an idiom for the edge of a sword).

[21:24]  ²² sn Here is the predicted judgment against the nation until the time of Gentile rule has passed: Its people will be led away as captives.

[21:24]  ²³ tn Grk “And Jerusalem.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:24]  ²⁴ sn Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled implies a time when Israel again has a central role in God’s plan.