However, through all this you did not have confidence in the <sc>Lordsc> your God,

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;See now that I, indeed I, am he!&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;and there is no other god besides me.p> <p class="poetry">I kill and give life,p> <p class="poetry">I smash and I heal,p> <p class="poetry">and none can resist<n id="2" /> my power.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> alone was guiding him,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">no foreign god was with him.p>

<p class="poetry">They are a nation devoid of wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and there is no understanding among them.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">There is no one like God, O Jeshurun,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who rides through the sky<n id="2" /> to help you,p> <p class="poetry">on the clouds in majesty.p>

You have been taught that the <sc>Lordsc> alone is God &#8211; there is no other besides him.

but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.

As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

for the man<n id="1" /> met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.p>

Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

But the <sc>Lordsc> told me: &#8220;Tell them this: &#8216;Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.&#8217;&#8221;

Then the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything &#8211; only a voice was heard.<n id="1" />

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that<n id="1" /> good land.

Today realize and carefully consider that the <sc>Lordsc> is God in heaven above and on earth below &#8211; there is no other!

and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents<n id="1" /> and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow<n id="2" /> from a flint rock and

You shall rejoice in the presence of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages<n id="1" /> (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,<n id="1" />

They must declare to the elders<n id="1" /> of his city, &#8220;Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say &#8211; he is a glutton and drunkard.&#8221;

Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.<n id="1" />