Deuteronomio 8:19

19 Mas será, que si te olvidares por completo del SEÑOR tu Dios, y anduvieres en pos de dioses ajenos, y les sirvieres, y a ellos os inclinares, yo lo protesto hoy contra vosotros, que de cierto pereceréis

Deuteronomio 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 8:19

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God,
&c.] Either the mercies they received from him, not acknowledging they came from him, but ascribing them to themselves; or their duty to him, to whom they were so greatly obliged: and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them; which would be to forget him indeed, forsaking his worship, and giving homage and adoration to idols, which is what is intended by these expressions:

I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish;
by one judgment and calamity or another, as the sword, famine, pestilence, and captivity; there being nothing more provoking to God than idolatry, which so much detracts from his honour and glory: and which besides, in such a people, so highly favoured of God, it argued the basest ingratitude.

Deuteronomio 8:19 In-Context

17 y digas en tu corazón: Mi potencia y la fortaleza de mi mano me han traído esta riqueza

18 Antes te acordarás del SEÑOR tu Dios; porque él te da la potencia para hacer las riquezas, a fin de confirmar su pacto que juró a tus padres, como parece en este día

19 Mas será, que si te olvidares por completo del SEÑOR tu Dios, y anduvieres en pos de dioses ajenos, y les sirvieres, y a ellos os inclinares, yo lo protesto hoy contra vosotros, que de cierto pereceréis

20 Como los gentiles que el SEÑOR destruirá delante de vosotros, así pereceréis; por cuanto no habréis atendido a la voz del SEÑOR vuestro Dios