Joshua 24:20
If ye forsake the Lord, and serve alien gods, the Lord shall turn himself from you, and he shall torment, and destroy you, after that he hath given good things to you.This verse in the real world
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- נֵכָרnêkârforeign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
- רָעַעrâʻaʻproperly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good
- כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- אַחַרʼacharproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various sen
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Heb 10:26–27, 1Ch 28:9, Act 7:42, Jer 17:13, Ezk 18:24, Isa 1:28, Isa 63:10, Isa 65:11–12