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Deuteronomy 29:22-29

22AndthegenerationtocomeH5927,yourchildrenthatshallriseupafteryou,andtheforeignerthatshallcomeH5927fromafarlandH776,shallsay,whenH834theyseetheplaguesofthatlandH776,andthesicknesses wherewithJehovahhathmadeitsick;

23andthatthewholelandH776thereofisbrimstone,andsalt,andaburning,thatitisnotsown, nor beareth, noranygrass groweth therein,liketheoverthrowofSodomandGomorrah, AdmahandZeboiim,whichJehovahoverthrewinhisangerH639,andinhiswrath:

24evenallthenationsshallsayH559, Wherefore hathJehovahdone thus untothislandH776?whatmeaneththeheatofthisgreatanger?

25Thenmenshallsay,BecausetheyforsookthecovenantofJehovah,theGodH430oftheirfathers,whichhemadeH3045withthemwhenH834hebroughtthemforthoutofthelandofEgypt,

26andwentH935andservedothergods,andworshippedthem, godsthattheyknewnot,andthathehadnotgiven untothem:

27thereforetheangerH639ofJehovahwaskindledagainstthislandH776,tobringuponitallthecursethatiswritteninthisbook;

28andJehovahrootedthemoutoftheirlandinanger,andinwrath,andingreatindignation,andcastthemintoanother land,asatthisday.

29The 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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