Devarim 31:16

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16 וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵכַר־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא־שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבֹּו וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי אִתֹּו׃


Commentary on this verse  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 16. And it will appear as if the Lord is angry with the soul in that state, and that He has left it, and that His mercy is departed from it, and the spiritual life will be consumed and inundated with evils and troubles; and the soul will then begin to inquire whether these evils have not come upon it because the Lord is no more within it;