Joshua 23:15

Translations

Modern

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

Traditional

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

Literal

And it will come to pass that as have come upon you all the good things that YHWH your God has spoken to you, so YHWH will bring upon you all the word of evil, until He has destroyed you from this good land that YHWH your God has given to you.

Latin

Sicut ergo implevit opere quod promisit, et prospera cuncta venerunt: sic adducet super vos quidquid malorum comminatus est, donec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima, quam tradidit vobis,

Original

Hebrew

English

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

Notes

Joshua 23:15–16

God had blessed the Israelites, but he would also judge them if they turned away from him. Joshua’s warning about apostasy was prophetic.

Israel did turn away from the Lord. As a result, God did not drive out the remaining Canaanites (Judges 2:20–23).

Joshua 23:12–16

Apostasy (turning away from the true God) leads to destruction.

Because God is holy, Joshua could speak with confidence about God’s promises and about the good land God had given the people. God does not change in his holy character, even when his people change.

The rebellion of God’s people does not harm God’s holiness. However, rebellion does bring destruction on those who choose it.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

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If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
…hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Leviticus 26:14–46
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
Judges 4:1–2
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:16–17
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Judges 3:8
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
Luke 21:22–24
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
Judges 10:6–7
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
Judges 6:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Judges 3:12
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

Glossary

Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of King Rest Tribe of Dan

Topics

Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience

Joshua 23:15

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