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It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the LORD overthrew in fierce anger. <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Living Translation</a> They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.’ <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath— <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">King James Bible</a> And 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: <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’ <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘All its land is brimstone and salt, burned debris, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows on it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and nothing sprouting, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and wrath.’ <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD demolished in his fierce anger. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD demolished in His fierce anger. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> has become a scorching desert of salt and sulfur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the LORD became angry and destroyed them. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They will see all the soil poisoned with sulfur and salt. Nothing will be planted. Nothing will be growing. There will be no plants in sight. It will be as desolate as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, cities the LORD destroyed in fierce anger. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation—overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/29.htm">NET Bible</a> The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and that the whole land of it is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And that the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor doth it bear, nor doth any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath: <a href="/web/deuteronomy/29.htm">World English Bible</a> that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The whole land is burned [with] brimstone and salt, it is not sown, nor does it shoot up, nor does any herb go up on it there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which YHWH overturned in His anger and in His fury. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> (with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) -- <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Pitch and burning salt, all its land; it shall not be sown, and it shall not sprout, and no green herb shall come up upon it, as the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation: <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> having burned it with sulphur and molten salt, so that it can no longer be sown. And certainly no greenery would spring up, as in the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overturned with his wrath and fury. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Bible</a> all its soil burned out by sulphur and salt, unsown and unfruitful, without a blade of grass, like the catastrophe of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his furious wrath— <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> all its soil burned out by sulfur and salt, nothing planted, nothing sprouting, unable to support any vegetation, like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his fierce anger—<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Laying it waste with brimstone and with scorched salt, that the whole land is not sown, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath; <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Brimstone and salt burning all the land, it will not be sown and will not grow and no grass will come up in it, but it will be as Sadom and like Amora and like Adma and like Tseboim, for LORD JEHOVAH overturned them in his wrath and in his anger:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath; <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:) - <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8258" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">The Covenant in Moab</a> …22Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. 23<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">its soil</a> <a href="/hebrew/8316.htm" title="8316: śə·rê·p̄āh (N-fs) -- A burning. From saraph; cremation.">will be a burning waste</a> <a href="/hebrew/1614.htm" title="1614: gā·p̄ə·rîṯ (N-fs) -- Brimstone. Probably feminine of gopher; properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur.">of sulfur</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: wā·me·laḥ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">and salt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">unsown</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: ṯiz·zā·ra‘ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: ṯaṣ·mi·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">and unproductive,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">with no</a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: ‘ê·śeḇ (N-ms) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·leh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">growing</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">on it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4114.htm" title="4114: kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- An overthrow. From haphak; a destruction.">just like the destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/5467.htm" title="5467: sə·ḏōm (N-proper-fs) -- A Canaanite city near the Dead Sea. From an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea.">of Sodom</a> <a href="/hebrew/6017.htm" title="6017: wa·‘ă·mō·rāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in the Jordan Valley. From amar; a heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine.">and Gomorrah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/126.htm" title="126: ’aḏ·māh (N-proper-fs) -- A city near Sodom and Gomorrah. Contracted for 'adamah; earthy; Admah, a place near the Dead Sea.">Admah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6636.htm" title="6636: ū·ṣə·ḇ·yīm (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A place near Sodom. Or Tsbiyiym; or Tsbiyim; plural of tsbiy; gazelles; Tseboim or Tsebijim, a place in Palestine.">and Zeboiim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: hā·p̄aḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">overthrew</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: bə·’ap·pōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in His fierce anger.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ū·ḇa·ḥă·mā·ṯōw (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison."></a> 24So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a> Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground. <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a> As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a> And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. <a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a> “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Luke 17:29</a> But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. <a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a> if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a> In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40</a> As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a> Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a> Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” <a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a> Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a> The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:brimstone<a href="/job/18-15.htm">Job 18:15</a> It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.<a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Isaiah 34:9</a> And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Luke 17:29</a> But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.salt<a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Judges 9:45</a> And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.<a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a> A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Jeremiah 17:6</a> For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.like the<a href="/genesis/14-2.htm">Genesis 14:2</a> That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24,25</a> Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; … <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Jeremiah 20:16</a> And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/14-8.htm">Admah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Brimstone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-17.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-9.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sulfur</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/genesis/14-8.htm">Zeboiim</a> <a href="/genesis/14-8.htm">Zeboim</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Admah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/joshua/3-8.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-11.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm">Bears</a> <a href="/job/18-15.htm">Brimstone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/20-1.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-3.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/joshua/3-16.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/job/18-15.htm">Sulfur</a> <a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-16.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-30.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm">Zeboiim</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm">Zeboim</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 29</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen</a> 10. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant</a> 18. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness</a> 29. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Secret things belong unto God</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The mention of "sulfur and salt" is reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, where sulfur rained down from heaven (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>). The reference to salt suggests a land that is inhospitable to life, as salt can render soil infertile. This imagery serves as a warning of the consequences of disobedience to God's covenant, emphasizing the severity of divine judgment.unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it The description of the land as "unsown and unproductive" highlights the absence of agricultural activity, which was central to the livelihood of ancient Israel. The inability to grow plants signifies a curse, as fertility of the land was often seen as a blessing from God (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a>). This barrenness is a direct result of the people's unfaithfulness, contrasting with the promised land "flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>).just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim The comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah, along with Admah and Zeboiim, underscores the totality of the destruction. These cities were known for their wickedness and were obliterated by divine judgment (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>; <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a>). The mention of these cities serves as a historical reminder of God's righteous wrath against sin and a warning to Israel to remain faithful to avoid similar destruction.which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger This phrase attributes the destruction directly to the LORD, emphasizing His sovereignty and justice. The "fierce anger" of God reflects His holiness and intolerance of sin. The use of "overthrew" is significant, as it conveys a complete and decisive action, leaving no room for recovery. This serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of covenantal disobedience and the need for repentance and obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a> Ancient cities known for their wickedness and subsequent destruction by God as a demonstration of His judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/a/admah_and_zeboiim.htm">Admah and Zeboiim</a> Lesser-known cities that were also destroyed alongside Sodom and Gomorrah, emphasizing the completeness of God's judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_fierce_anger.htm">The LORD's Fierce Anger</a> Represents God's righteous indignation against sin and disobedience, leading to the destruction of these cities. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sulfur_and_salt.htm">Sulfur and Salt</a> Symbols of desolation and barrenness, used to describe the aftermath of divine judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the Promised Land, which would suffer similar desolation if the Israelites turned away from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Just as the land becomes barren due to sin, our lives can become spiritually barren when we turn away from God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> God's judgment is just and serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to His commands. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The destruction of these cities serves as a call to repentance, urging us to turn from sin and seek God's mercy. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_holiness.htm">The Importance of Holiness</a> As believers, we are called to live holy lives, set apart from the sinful practices that lead to destruction. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> While judgment is severe, God's ultimate desire is for restoration and redemption for those who turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 29</a> <a href="/q/what_were_admah_and_zeboiim.htm">What were Admah and Zeboiim in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/does_brimstone_align_with_historical_records.htm">Job 18:15: Does the image of brimstone on a dwelling align with any archaeological or historical records of sulfur-based punishment? </a> <a href="/q/did_a_meteor_destroy_sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by a meteor strike?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_verify_sodom's_destruction.htm">2 Peter 2:6 mentions Sodom and Gomorrah’s destruction; do historical or archaeological findings verify this account? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein.--Can this be a description of the same country of which it was written in <a href="/context/deuteronomy/8-7.htm" title="For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;">Deuteronomy 8:7-9</a>, "A good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness;" and (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm" title="A land which the LORD your God cares for: the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.">Deuteronomy 11:12</a>) "a land which the Lord thy God careth for"? Yet every one knows which of these two descriptions has been nearer to the actual fact for many centuries.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, etc.; rather, sulfur and salt, a burning the whole land thereof, it shall not be sown, etc. The words "sulfur," etc., are in apposition to the "plagues and sicknesses" of ver. 22, and thus so far depend on the "see." The description here is taken from the country around the Dead Sea, to which there is an express allusion in the close of the verse (cf. <a href="/genesis/19-23.htm">Genesis 19:23</a>, etc.). As this country, which before had been as the garden of the Lord, became, when the wrath of God was poured upon it, utterly desolate and waste; so should it be with the land of Israel when the plagues and sicknesses threatened were laid on it by the Lord. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every its soil אַרְצָהּ֒ (’ar·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land will be a burning waste שְׂרֵפָ֣ה (śə·rê·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8316.htm">Strong's 8316: </a> Cremation of brimstone גָּפְרִ֣ית (gā·p̄ə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1614.htm">Strong's 1614: </a> Cypress-resin, sulphur and salt, וָמֶלַח֮ (wā·me·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt unsown לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no and unproductive, תַצְמִ֔חַ (ṯaṣ·mi·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up with no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no plant עֵ֑שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> Herb, herbage growing on it, יַעֲלֶ֥ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively just like the destruction כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת (kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4114.htm">Strong's 4114: </a> A destruction of Sodom סְדֹ֤ם (sə·ḏōm) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5467.htm">Strong's 5467: </a> Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea and Gomorrah, וַעֲמֹרָה֙ (wa·‘ă·mō·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6017.htm">Strong's 6017: </a> Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley Admah אַדְמָ֣ה (’aḏ·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_126.htm">Strong's 126: </a> Admah -- a city near Sodom and Gomorrah and Zeboiim, וּצְבוֹיִ֔ם (ū·ṣə·ḇō·w·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6636.htm">Strong's 6636: </a> Zeboiim -- a place near Sodom which אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel overthrew הָפַ֣ךְ (hā·p̄aḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert in His fierce anger. בְּאַפּ֖וֹ (bə·’ap·pōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land of it (Deut. 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