For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!

All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.

then you shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,

and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,

Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.

For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.