Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God,

I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speed, 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;

“You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,

And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:

Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.