“And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:”
"'then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.'" — The *judgment* is *total and devastating*: *I will cut off Israel from the land*, *cast the house from my sight*, and *Israel will become a byword* (*mishal u-sh'nin'a*, a proverb and a scorn). The *escalation* from *personal disobedience* to *national exile* and *disgrace* is radical.
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