If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
- KJV But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
- NKJV ‘But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments,
- NASB ‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,
- NLT “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands,
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Quick answer
God now warns that disobedience brings consequences if Israel refuses to listen and obey. Covenant unfaithfulness carries serious cost.
Overview
Here begins the section of covenant curses, the sober counterpart to the blessings. Refusal to listen and obey breaks the covenant relationship and invites judgment. These warnings reveal the seriousness of sin and God's holiness, and they magnify the grace of the gospel, in which Christ bears the covenant curse for His people (Galatians 3:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Deut 28:15–68If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Lev 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Lam 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
- Jer 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
- Heb 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Acts 3:23Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
- Mal 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Lam 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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