Joshua 23:14-16

14 "And now ¹I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that ²not one word has failed of all the good things^[a] that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed

15 But just as all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you ³all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you,

16 if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you."

Joshua 23:14-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 23

Joshua being old, convenes the states of Israel a little before his death, Jos 23:1,2; and in his address to them observes what God had done for them, and would do, Jos 23:3-5; and exhorts them to keep the commandments of God, and cleave to him, and not to mix with the Gentiles, and join with them in idolatrous practices, and then it would be well with them, Jos 23:6-11; but otherwise should they join with them, and depart from the Lord, who had so faithfully and punctually performed every good thing he had promised them, they might expect all evils and calamities, utter ruin and destruction, to befall them, Jos 23:12-16.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 2:2
• 2. Joshua 21:45
• 3. See Leviticus 26:14-39; Deuteronomy 28:15-68

Footnotes

• [a]. Or words; also twice in verse 15