Deuteronomy 29:22 Meaning
So 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;
Context Explained
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:
24Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Isaiah 5:13
Isaiah warns that God's people are taken captive for lack of knowledge, similar to the consequences outlined in Deuteronomy.
Lamentations 2:17
Lamentations reflects on the fulfillment of God's judgment, resonating with the warnings in Deuteronomy.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Paul speaks of eternal destruction for those who do not know God, paralleling the themes of judgment in Deuteronomy.
Source: Deuteronomy 29:22