Primary Verses:

1. Deut. 4:25-27

   • "When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of YHVH thy God, to provoke him to anger:  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.  And YHVH shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither YHVH shall lead you."

2. Deut. 8:19-20

   • "And it shall be, if thou do at all forget YHVH thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.  As the nations which YHVH destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of YHVH your God."

Supporting Verses:

3. Deut. 11:16-17

   • "Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;  And then YHVH's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which YHVH giveth you."

4. Deut. 29:23-27

   • "And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which YHVH overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:  Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath YHVH done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of YHVH God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:  For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:  And the anger of YHVH was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:"

5. 1 Chron. 5:25-26

   • "And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.  And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day."

6. Jer. 44:3-6

   • "Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.  Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.  But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.  Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day."