6 “In case your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or your cherished wife* or your companion who is like your own soul,+ should try to allure you in secrecy, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’+ whom you have not known, neither you nor your forefathers,

8 you must not accede to his wish or listen to him,+ nor should your eye feel sorry for him, nor must you feel compassion,+ nor cover him [protectively];

9 Have YOU forgotten the bad deeds of YOUR forefathers+ and the bad deeds of the kings of Judah+ and the bad deeds of their wives+ and YOUR own bad deeds and the bad deeds of YOUR wives,+ that they have done in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?