Joshua 23:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD 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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King James 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 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 the LORD 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 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 the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that 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 do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Deut 11:16-17
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16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
17And then the LORD'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 the LORD giveth you.
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 the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Deut 7:4
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4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Deut 11:28
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28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD 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.
Josh 23:15
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15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Deut 29:26-27
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26For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
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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 works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
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Deut 30:17-18
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17But if thine heart turn away, so that 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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20The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness 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 doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
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Deut 28:63-64
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63And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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Deut 4:25-26
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25When 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 the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
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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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Deut 13:17
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2 Kgs 17:12
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Exod 23:24
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Deut 17:3
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Deut 4:23
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23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Deut 9:8
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1 Sam 12:15
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15But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.