Deuteronomy 32:20-22 "I will hide My face from them," He said,"and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation,children who are unfaithful. (Even though the Lord had revealed Himself to His people, even though He had delivered them and provided for them, He understood that His people would walk into disobedience, and, as Father, will determine how to address their perversity and willfulness. As any father does, He knows He will need to discipline His children so they will return to Him and turn away from their destructive ways.) They made Me jealous by what is no godand angered Me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding. (As we still do today, God's people turned to worshiping idols of their own making. In response to His people worshiping a no-god, He will adopt a no-people, a people other than these chosen ones, Gentiles who had not been given the high status of being called God's very Own, but to whom He would now offer a relationship as His sons and daughters. Then, His people who had rejected Him by worshiping mere idols will be astounded that He has called another people to Himself.) For a fire will be kindled by My wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains." (Because God is holy and just, His righteousness demands consequences when His people choose to disobey and to worship someone or something other than God our Father. Just as the chosen land was judged, Jerusalem later destroyed, and God's people scattered over the earth, the Lord promises to wreck destruction on His people and our land, a destruction that affects the whole land, both its heights and depths, when we are willfully unfaithful to Him. Our disobedience brings dire consequences to our entire lives. Only by repenting and returning to Him can we avoid the modern-day signs and disasters that are devouring our world today.)
