Deuteronomy 29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy 29:24 in other translations
| BSB | So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ |
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| WEB | Even all the nations will say, “Why has the LORD done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?” |
| ASV | even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? |
| YLT | yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger? |
| DARBY | even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger? |
| BBE | Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath? |
| Webster | Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? |
What does Deuteronomy 29:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10-29
10-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:22-28
Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession. He never does this without good reason. It concerns us to seek for the reason, that we may give glory to God, and take warning to ourselves. Thus the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ toward penitent…
Deuteronomy 29:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 29:24
- Jeremiah 22:8-9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city? Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
- 1 Kings 9:8-9
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.
- Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Lamentations 2:15-17
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
- Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21-22
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house? And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
- Ezekiel 14:23
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Deuteronomy 29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
- Deuteronomy 29:25
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 29:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dirán, pues, todas las gentes: ¿Por qué hizo Jehová esto á esta tierra? ¿qué ira es ésta de tan gran furor? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et on dira: C’est parce qu’ils ont abandonné l’alliance de l’ Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères, qu’il avait faite avec eux quand il les fit sortir du pays d’Égypte; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und alle Nationen werden sagen: Warum hat Jehova diesem Lande also getan? Weshalb diese große Zornglut? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dicent omnes gentes: Quare sic fecit Dominus terræ huic? quæ est hæc ira furoris ejus immensa? |