"God, God, a God of mercy and grace, endlessly patient -- so much love, so deeply true --- loyal in love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin." (the message)
Your responsibility is to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then I will surely drive out all those who stand in your way --the Amorites, Cannanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (11)
私たちの側に与えられている責任と、神様の側でなさってくださる働き。
「責任」と聞くと、いかにも重たーいと思っちゃうけど、神様がsurely drive out all those who stand in your wayって、すごいよね! 私の人生にもいろんな-ites が立ちはだかっているけれど、私が神様の道に忠実に歩み続ける限りは、神様はすべての邪魔者を取り除いてくださる。
Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
Do not make cast idols. (12-17)