2-3. Moses called the nation of Israel together and told them:When you were in Egypt, you saw the Lord perform great miracles that caused trouble for the king, his officials, and everyone else in the country.
7. When we first camped here, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan attacked, but we defeated them.
8. Then we captured their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.
9. Israel, the Lord has made an agreement with you, and if you keep your part, you will be successful in everything you do.
20-21. The Lord will be furious, and instead of forgiving you, he will separate you from the other tribes. Then he will destroy you, by piling on you all the curses in The Book of God's Law, and you will be forgotten for ever.
22. The Lord will strike your country with diseases and disasters. Your descendants and foreigners from distant countries will see that your land
23. has become a scorching desert of salt and sulphur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the Lord became angry and destroyed them.
24. People from other nations will ask, “Why did the Lord destroy this country? Why was he so furious?”
25. And they will be given this answer:Our ancestors worshipped the Lord, but after he brought them out of Egypt and made an agreement with them, they rejected the agreement