Deuteronomy 29:24-27

JPS_ASV_Byz(i) 24 (29:23) even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?' 25 (29:24) then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; 26 (29:25) and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them; 27 (29:26) therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;