But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD — the alternative is stark: if Israel refuses obedience and rebels ('marad, revolts') against God's commandment, judgment will follow. then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers — the hand (yad) of God, the instrument of judgment, will strike the people as it struck their ancestors. The phrase recalls the plagues of Egypt and other divine judgments.

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