Joshua 23:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Be careful, then, to love the Lord your God. ¹² If you are disloyal and join with the nations that are still left among you and intermarry with them, ¹³ you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive these nations out as you advance. Rather, they will be as dangerous for you as a trap or a pit and as painful as a whip on your back or thorns in your eyes. And this will last until none of you are left in this good land which the Lord your God has given you.