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Deuteronomy 29:21 Meaning

And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

Context Explained

19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

21And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

22So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

23And 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:

Key Themes

judgmentcovenantfaithfulness

Related Cross References

  • Galatians 3:10

    Paul discusses the curse of the law, which relates to the curses mentioned in Deuteronomy.

  • Deuteronomy 28:15

    This verse outlines the curses for disobedience, similar to the themes in Deuteronomy 29.

  • Romans 1:18

    Paul speaks of God's wrath against unrighteousness, echoing the judgment themes in Deuteronomy.

Source: Deuteronomy 29:21