Yosua 24:20

24:20 If ¹  you abandon the Lord and worship ²  foreign gods, he will turn against you; ³  he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, ⁴  though he once treated you well.” ⁵ 

Yosua 23:11-13

23:11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! ⁶  23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ⁷  these nations that remain near you, ⁸  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ⁹  23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; ¹⁰  they will be a whip that tears ¹¹  your sides and thorns that blind ¹²  your eyes until you disappear ¹³  from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

[24:20]  ¹ tn Or “when.”

[24:20]  ² tn Or “and serve.”

[24:20]  ³ tn The words “against you” are added for clarification.

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “bring you to an end.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “after he did good for you.”

[23:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Watch carefully yourselves so as to love the Lord your God.”

[23:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in.”

[23:13]  ¹² tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”

[23:13]  ¹³ tn Or “perish.”