Joshua 23:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֠עָבְרְכֶם אֶת־בְּרִ֨ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה אֶתְכֶם֒ וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶ֑ם וְחָרָ֤ה אַף־יְהוָה֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם מְהֵרָ֔ה מֵעַל֙ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר נָתַ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

In ʿāḇrəkem ʾet bərît YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem which ṣiwwâ you and waăhălaktem and waʿăḇadtem ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm and wəhištaḥăwîtem to them and wəḥārâ ʾap̄ YHWH in you and waʾăḇadtem məhērâ from over the ʾāreṣ the ṭôḇâ which nātan to you.

Grammar Details

*ʿāḇrəkem*: qal infinitive construct + 2mp suffix - your transgressing
*bərît*: feminine singular construct - covenant of
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your God
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3ms - he commanded
*waăhălaktem*: waw + qal perfect 2mp - and you go
*waʿăḇadtem*: waw + qal perfect 2mp - and you serve
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - gods
*ʾăḥērîm*: masculine plural adjective - other
*wəhištaḥăwîtem*: waw + hishtaphel perfect 2mp - and you bow down
*wəḥārâ*: waw + qal perfect 3ms - and will burn
*ʾap̄*: masculine singular construct - anger of
*waʾăḇadtem*: waw + qal perfect 2mp - and you will perish
*məhērâ*: adverb - quickly
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
*ṭôḇâ*: feminine singular adjective with definite article - the good
*nātan*: qal perfect 3ms - he gave

Word Meanings

*ʿāḇrəkem*: your transgressing/violating/crossing over
*bərît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/instructed
*waăhălaktem*: and you go/walk/follow
*waʿăḇadtem*: and you serve/worship/work for
*ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm*: other gods/foreign deities
*wəhištaḥăwîtem*: and you bow down/prostrate yourselves/worship
*wəḥārâ ʾap̄-YHWH*: and the anger of YHWH will burn/YHWH's wrath will be kindled
*waʾăḇadtem məhērâ*: and you will perish quickly/be destroyed rapidly
*ʾāreṣ ṭôḇâ*: good land/pleasant country

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:25-26 : 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger; 26 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 the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
2 Kgs 24:20 : 20 For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Deut 8:19-20
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19And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
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Deut 11:16-17
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16Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
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2 Chr 7:19
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19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Josh 24:20
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20If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Deut 7:4
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4For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
Deut 11:28
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28and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
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15And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
Deut 29:26-27
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Jer 25:6-7
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6and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
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Deut 30:17-18
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17But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
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Deut 28:20
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20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Jer 5:19
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19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
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Jer 16:13
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Deut 31:20
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2 Kgs 17:35
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Judg 2:2
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Deut 13:17
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Deut 28:36
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Deut 9:8
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15but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.