Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 11:16-17 
ContextExhortation to Instruction and Obedience
11:16 Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! 1 11:17 Then the anger of the Lord will erupt 2 against you and he will close up the sky 3 so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed 4 from the good land that the Lord 5 is about to give you.
1 tn Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
2 tn Heb “will become hot”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “will be kindled”; NAB “will flare up”; NIV, NLT “will burn.”
3 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
4 tn Or “be destroyed”; NAB, NIV “will soon perish.”
