Deuteronomy 31:16-22

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ And Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, ^(A)you are about to lie down with your fathers; and ^(B)this people will arise and play the harlot with the foreign gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and they ^(C)will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have cut with them. ^17 (D)Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and ^(E)I will forsake them and ^(F)hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them, so that they will say in that day, ‘^(G)Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’ ¹⁸ But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

¹⁹ “So now, ^(H)write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. ^20 (I)For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and ^(J)become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them and spurn Me and break My covenant. ²¹ Then it will be, ^(K)when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for ^(L)I know their intent which they are ^[a]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.” ^22 (M)So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the sons of Israel.