Deuteronomy 29:27-29

Contemporary English Version

^27-28 and so he became furious and punished the land with all the curses in The Book of God's Law. Then he pulled up Israel by the roots and tossed them into a foreign country, where they still are today.

²⁹ The Lord our God hasn't explained the present or the future, but he has commanded us to obey the laws he gave to us and our descendants.