Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day. and a curse if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not not known.

If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.

As the tall ship, whose lofty prore Shall never stem the billows more, Deserted by her gallant band, Amid the breakers lies astrand,

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