25. Even when you have children and grandchildren and have grown old in that land, don’t become corrupt and make carved idols or statues that represent anything. I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today: If you do this thing that the Lord your God considers evil, making him furious,
26. you will quickly disappear from the land you’re going to possess on the other side of the Jordan River. You won’t live very long there. You’ll be completely wiped out.
27. The Lord will scatter you among the people of the world, and only a few of you will be left among the nations where the Lord will force you to live.
28. There you will worship wooden and stone gods made by human hands. These gods can’t see, hear, eat, or smell.