⁶ “But if you^[a] or your descendants turn away^(A) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you^[b] and go off to serve other gods^(B) and worship them,

⁷ then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples.