Deuteronomy 28:64 Commentary: Ben Ish Hai, Rashi, Siftei Chakhamim & Rav Hirsch

וֶהֱפִֽיצְךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים מִקְצֵ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ שָּׁ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹא־יָדַ֛עְתָּ אַתָּ֥ה וַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ עֵ֥ץ וָאָֽבֶן׃

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

Ben Ish Hai

Acontecio que entraras en la tierra que hashem tu Di.s te ha de heredar, y la heredaras, y habitaras en ella segun el rebe del Ari, en el secreto de ese dia, el señor sera uno. HASHEM, que aparece en el libro de genesis, aparece al final del libro del genesis.
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Rashi on Deuteronomy

ועבדתם שם אלהים אחרים AND YE WILL SERVE THERE OTHER GODS — Understand this as the Targum does: (ye will serve the peoples that worship idols); not actually that they shall serve idols, but they will have to pay tribute and poll-taxes to the priests of the idols.
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Siftei Chakhamim

Not literally idolatry, etc. Because it is impossible to say that the Holy One is informing them that they will serve idolatry.
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