Deuteronomio 8:19

19 »Si llegas a olvidar al SEÑOR tu Dios, y sigues a otros dioses para adorarlos e inclinarte ante ellos, testifico hoy en contra tuya que ciertamente serás destruido.

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 No se te ocurra pensar: “Esta riqueza es fruto de mi poder y de la fuerza de mis manos”.

18 Recuerda al SEÑOR tu Dios, porque es él quien te da el poder para producir esa riqueza; así ha confirmado hoy el pacto que bajo juramento hizo con tus antepasados.

19 »Si llegas a olvidar al SEÑOR tu Dios, y sigues a otros dioses para adorarlos e inclinarte ante ellos, testifico hoy en contra tuya que ciertamente serás destruido.

20 Si no obedeces al SEÑOR tu Dios, te sucederá lo mismo que a las naciones que el SEÑOR irá destruyendo a tu paso.