Joshua 23:16

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God ,

which he commanded you ,.... The law, so called, and the several precepts of it, particularly those which relate to the faith and worship of the one only true God; see Exodus 24:7 ;

and have gone and served other gods, and have bowed down yourselves unto them ; been guilty of idolatry, of having and worshipping other gods, which are no gods, with or besides the God of Israel, see Joshua 23:7 ,

then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you ; nothing being more provoking to him than idolatry, he being a jealous God of his honour and worship:

and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you ; as they did at the time of the Babylonish captivity, and at the last destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.