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1 | Deuteronomy 29: 23 | Bible general Archive 2 | lazie_x_bumm | 119714 | ||
The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur-nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. what does this verse mean? |
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2 | Deuteronomy 29: 23 | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 119715 | ||
Here is an answer to your question from the Bible Knowledge Commentary. 3. THE CURSES FOR DISOBEDIENCE (29:16-29) 29:16-18. Moses reminded the Israelites that they were not naive concerning idolatry. They had seen it in Egypt and had fallen into idolatry on the way to the Promised Land (Ex. 32; Num. 25). They had seen the pagans’ detestable… idols. They knew how one idolatrous man… woman, clan, or tribe could defile many with the bitter poison of idolatry (cf. Heb. 12:15). “Poison” is literally, “wormwood,” a plant known for its bitter pulp and often associated with poison (cf. Amos 5:7; 6:12; Jer. 9:15; 23:15). Therefore they were told to be extremely vigilant against this sin when they entered the land of Canaan and faced new temptations to idolatry. 29:19-21. An idolatrous “root” (cf. v. 18) might take hold in Israel through a single person who, under the cloak of anonymity, might think he was safe from judgment because the LORD had said Israel was His people. This idolatrous root, however, would flower into a general apostasy that would bring forth God’s judgment. All Israelites would suffer in the judgment (this will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry). A person who introduced such idolatry into Israel could never escape the consequences of his sin. All the curses… in Deuteronomy would fall upon him and he would have no male heir to carry on his name, for it would be blotted out. No sin is unknown before the omniscient LORD (cf. Heb. 4:13). 29:22-28. Judgment would fall, however, not only on the one who introduced idolatry but also on the whole nation because they let themselves be swept away by the false worship. The future judgment (calamities and diseases on the land; cf. 28:22b, 59-61) would be so severe that it was compared to the judgment that fell on Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim. These last two cities, near Sodom and Gomorrah, were in a treaty with them (Gen. 14:2). The land would be covered with salt and sulfur and therefore be unproductive. This comprehensive judgment must refer to the devastation in the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions. The devastation would be so complete that the nations would ask why Israel’s God in anger had let it happen (Deut. 29:24). The answer would be that Israel had abandoned the Mosaic Covenant by committing idolatry. Even their false worship would prove the truth of God’s Word, for the curses… in this book would come on them just as He had promised. Because they had gone off and bowed down to false gods (cf. 30:17), God in His anger would uproot them and take them into exile. Then they would bow to their captors. 29:29. The secret things of the LORD probably refer to future details that God had not revealed. Yet what He had revealed (e.g., future judgment for disobedience, future blessing for obedience, His requirements for holiness, etc.) was enough to encourage the Israelites to follow all the words of the Law. CDBJ |
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3 | Deuteronomy 29: 23 | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119717 | ||
In addition to CDBJ's good words and thorough analysis, I thought I'd throw in this tidbit, as a little more enlightenment as to why. Deut 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Good words for us as modern children of God to follow in this day and time. God bless. --Rowdy |
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