Deuteronomy 29:28

Deuteronomy 29:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
• New International Version (NIV)In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

Context of Deuteronomy 29:28

26And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not assigned to them. 27Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; and 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“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may follow all the words of this Law.

Deuteronomy 29:28 word by word

וַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤ם יְהוָה֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמָתָ֔ם בְּאַ֥ף וּבְחֵמָ֖ה וּבְקֶ֣צֶף גָּד֑וֹל וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛ם אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ אַחֶ֖רֶת כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• uprootedנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• them from their landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• in angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• and in greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• wrathקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110
• and hurledשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• them into anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 29:28

• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies; you will go out one way against them, but you will flee seven ways from their presence, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• 1 Kings 14:15“For the Lord will strike Israel, just as a reed sways in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.
• 2 Kings 17:18So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His sight; no one was left except the tribe of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight; and I will make it a proverb and an object of scorn among all peoples.
• Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.
• Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent of the disaster that I have inflicted on you.
• Luke 21:23Woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people;
• Deuteronomy 6:24So the Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our own good always and for our survival, as it is today.
• Deuteronomy 8:18But you are to remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
• Ezra 9:7Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and because of our wrongful deeds we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to open shame, as it is this day.
• Daniel 9:7“Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-28Verses 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, believing sinners, plants them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-28This explanation anticipates a future when people would look back at Israel’s history of rebellion and easily understand why they were in exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2910-29. 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 lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings