Deuteronomy 4:25

When thou shalt beget sons, and sons’ sons, and become careless in the land and break faith and make an image the form of any thing, and shalt do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God provoking him to anger,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

24seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is,—a jealous GOD.

26I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speedily, from off the land which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess,—ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above,—or that is in the earth beneath,—or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 4:16lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness,—a model of male or female;

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed, be the man that maketh an image—cut or molten—an abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say—Amen.

Deuteronomy 30:19I call to witness against you to-day, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse,—therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death, ye will break faith, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you,—and calamity will befall you in the afterpart of the days, because ye will do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him with the work of your own hands.

Judges 2:11So the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh,—and served the Baals;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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