Deuteronomy 29:16-29
New American Standard Bible
16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed; 17 moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols made of (A)wood and stone, silver and gold, which they had with them); 18 (B)so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you (C)a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. 19 And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will consider himself fortunate in his heart, saying, ‘I will do well though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order [a]to destroy the watered land along with the dry.’ 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and (D)His wrath will [b](E)burn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the Lord will (F)wipe out his name from under heaven. 21 Then the Lord will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant (G)which is written in this Book of the Law.
22 “Now the future generation, your sons who rise up after you and (H)the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of that land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say, 23 ‘All its land is (I)brimstone and salt, (J)burned debris, [c]unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows on it, like the overthrow of (K)Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ 24 All the nations will say, ‘(L)Why has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great [d]outburst of anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is (M)because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not [e]assigned to them. 27 Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, (N)to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; 28 and (O)the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger, fury, and in great wrath, and hurled them into another land, as it is this day.’
29 “(P)The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but (Q)the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may [f]follow all the words of this Law.
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- Deuteronomy 29:19 I.e., to destroy everything
- Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit smoke
- Deuteronomy 29:23 Lit it is not sown and does not make plants sprout
- Deuteronomy 29:24 Lit heat
- Deuteronomy 29:26 Lit apportioned
- Deuteronomy 29:29 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 29:16-29
American Standard Version
16 (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed; 17 and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them); 18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth [a]gall and wormwood; 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this [b]curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, [c]to destroy the moist with the dry. 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
22 And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick; 23 and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not [d]given unto them: 27 therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book; 28 and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day. 29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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- Deuteronomy 29:18 Hebrew rosh, a poisonous herb.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 Or, oath (and so verses 20, 21)
- Deuteronomy 29:19 Or, to add drunkenness to thirst
- Deuteronomy 29:26 Hebrew allotted.
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