Last week's word ended w/a warning of judgment. The principle in play was essentially this, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that hewill also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption,"1 Israel, refusing to turn back to the Lord, to repent of their sin (their idolatry) & trust in the Lord, only the curse & reproach remains.