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the LORD inflicts on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />so that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid on it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now the future generation, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of that land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, shall see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which Yahweh has afflicted it, and they will say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the next generation, your children who come after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of this land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD will strike your country with diseases and disasters. Your descendants and foreigners from distant countries will see that your land <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the LORD hath made it sick;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the next generation of your children and foreigners who come from distant countries will see the plagues that have happened in this land and the diseases the LORD sent here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"In future generations your descendants and foreigners from distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the LORD has brought on your land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Then the generation to come—your descendants after you and the foreigners who come from afar—will see plagues and illnesses infecting the land that the LORD will inflict on it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The generation to come--your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who will come from distant places--will see the afflictions of that land and the illnesses that the LORD has brought on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So that the generation to come of your children that shall arise after you, and the stranger that shall come from a distant land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The generation to come—your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the latter generation of your sons who rise after you, and the stranger who comes in from a far-off land, have said, when they have seen the strokes of that land and its sicknesses which YHWH has sent into it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the latter generation of your sons who rise after you, and the stranger who cometh in from a land afar off, have said when they have seen the strokes of that land, and its sicknesses which Jehovah hath sent into it, -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And said, Another generation of your sons who shall rise up from after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a land afar off, and they saw the blows of that land, and the sicknesses which Jehovah made sick in it;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the subsequent generation would speak out, along with the sons who will be born afterward. And the sojourners, who will arrive from far away, will see the plagues of that land and the infirmities with which the Lord will have afflicted it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Future generations, your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigners who will come here from distant lands, when they see the calamities of this land and the ills the LORD has inflicted upon it—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The next generation, your children who rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who comes from a distant country, will see the devastation of that land and the afflictions with which the LORD has afflicted it—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So that the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you and the strangers that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the LORD has brought upon it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the next generation will say, “Your children who will arise after you, and the strangers to come from a distant land, and they will see the plagues of this land and its diseases that has brought LORD JEHOVAH upon it;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the LORD hath made it sick;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And another generation shall say - even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8245" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">The Covenant in Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: had·dō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">Then the generation</a> <a href="/hebrew/314.htm" title="314: hā·’a·ḥă·rō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Coming after or behind. Or;acharon; from 'achar; hinder; generally, late or last; specifically western.">to come—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your sons</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.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qū·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: mê·’a·ḥă·rê·ḵem (Prep-m:: 2mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: wə·han·nā·ḵə·rî (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">and the foreigner</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.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: rə·ḥō·w·qāh (Adj-fs) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">from a distant</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">the plagues</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8463.htm" title="8463: ta·ḥă·lu·’e·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Disease. Or tachalui; from chala'; a malady.">and the sicknesses</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."></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/2470.htm" title="2470: ḥil·lāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">has inflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">on it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Jeremiah 18:16</a></span><br />They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a></span><br />I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Jeremiah 50:13</a></span><br />Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-8.htm">1 Kings 9:8-9</a></span><br />And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ / And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">2 Chronicles 7:20-22</a></span><br />then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ / And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></span><br />Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11-12</a></span><br />Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Ezekiel 5:14-15</a></span><br />I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. / So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15-16</a></span><br />Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts, / then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12-15</a></span><br />I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. / Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 has laid on it;</p><p class="hdg">which the Lord hath laid upon it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Calamities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-16.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-3.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-43.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Sicknesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/acts/19-29.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/numbers/16-29.htm">Visited</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-67.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/24-5.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/job/36-8.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-38.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-23.htm">Calamities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/13-32.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-19.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-8.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-14.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-15.htm">Sicknesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Visited</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Secret things belong unto God</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then the generation to come—</b><br>This phrase refers to future generations of Israelites who will inherit the consequences of their ancestors' actions. It emphasizes the continuity of the covenant relationship between God and His people, highlighting the importance of obedience to God's laws for the well-being of future generations. This concept is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.<p><b>your sons who follow you—</b><br>The mention of "your sons" underscores the familial and communal nature of the covenant. It reflects the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, where lineage and heritage were crucial. This phrase also serves as a reminder of the responsibility parents have to teach their children about God's laws and the history of His dealings with Israel, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>.<p><b>and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—</b><br>This inclusion of foreigners highlights the universal scope of God's actions and the witness that Israel was meant to be to the nations. It reflects the idea that God's dealings with Israel were to be a testimony to all peoples, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>, where Israel is called to be a light to the nations. It also foreshadows the inclusion of Gentiles in the New Covenant through Christ.<p><b>will see the plagues of the land—</b><br>The "plagues of the land" refer to the curses and judgments that would come upon Israel for disobedience, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. These plagues serve as a tangible demonstration of God's justice and the seriousness of breaking the covenant. Historically, such plagues could include drought, pestilence, and invasion, which were common in the ancient Near East.<p><b>and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes that the calamities are a direct result of divine action, underscoring God's sovereignty and the reality of divine retribution. The use of sickness as a form of judgment is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as in the plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-11) and the warnings in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>. It serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the need for repentance and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_generation_to_come.htm">The Generation to Come</a></b><br>Refers to future descendants of the Israelites who will witness the consequences of disobedience to God's covenant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/y/your_sons.htm">Your Sons</a></b><br>The direct descendants of the Israelites, emphasizing the continuity of the covenant and its implications across generations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_foreigner.htm">The Foreigner</a></b><br>Non-Israelites who come from distant lands, highlighting the universal witness of God's actions and the reach of His covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>The Promised Land, which serves as a physical representation of God's blessings and curses based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_inflictions.htm">The LORD's Inflictions</a></b><br>The divine judgments and plagues that serve as a consequence of breaking the covenant, demonstrating God's justice and holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/covenantal_responsibility.htm">Covenantal Responsibility</a></b><br>The Israelites were reminded of their responsibility to uphold the covenant with God. This serves as a reminder for believers today to live in obedience to God's Word, understanding that our actions have consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witness_to_the_nations.htm">Witness to the Nations</a></b><br>The presence of foreigners witnessing God's actions underscores the importance of our testimony to the world. Our lives should reflect God's holiness and truth, serving as a witness to those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact.htm">Generational Impact</a></b><br>The mention of future generations highlights the importance of teaching and modeling faithfulness to our children. We are called to pass down the knowledge and fear of the Lord to ensure that future generations understand the significance of living in covenant with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_mercy.htm">Divine Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>God's inflictions are a demonstration of His justice, but they also serve as a call to repentance and return to Him. Believers should recognize both God's justice and His mercy, leading us to a deeper relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_deut_29_22-28_curses.htm">(Deut 29:22–28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_address_contradictions_in_prophecies.htm">Jeremiah 29:15-19 speaks against false prophets--how do we address apparent contradictions with other biblical prophecies that some view as unfulfilled or inconsistent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_build_a_separate_altar_in_joshua_22_10.htm">How do we reconcile the building of a separate altar in Joshua 22:10 with earlier commands to worship at one central sanctuary?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_malachi_1_6-8_and_ot_laws_align.htm">How do Malachi 1:6-8's denunciations of flawed sacrifices align with other Old Testament laws on offerings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 22-24.</span> - Future generations and foreign visitants, seeing the calamities with which the rebels had been visited, nay, all nations, should ask, in astonishment and horror, <span class="cmt_word">Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?</span> It is evident from this that Moses contemplates, and in fact here predicts, a defection, not of individuals or families merely, but of the nation as a whole from the Lord, and the punishment which came in consequence upon the nation. The words from "when they see" (ver. 22) to "wrath" (ver. 23) are a parenthesis, in which a reason for the main thought is given in a circumstantial clause; and the "say" of ver. 22 is resumed by the "say" of ver. 24. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the generation</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדּ֣וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(had·dō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to come—</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאַחֲר֗וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’a·ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_314.htm">Strong's 314: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, late, last, western</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">follow</span><br /><span class="heb">יָק֙וּמוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qū·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’a·ḥă·rê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the foreigner</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·nā·ḵə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foreign, alien</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֹ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from a distant</span><br /><span class="heb">רְחוֹקָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḥō·w·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land—</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֠רָאוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the plagues</span><br /><span class="heb">מַכּ֞וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mak·kō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wound, carnage, pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֤רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the sicknesses</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥă·lu·’e·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8463.htm">Strong's 8463: </a> </span><span class="str2">A malady</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has inflicted on it.</span><br /><span class="heb">חִלָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥil·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak or sick</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Deuteronomy 29:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 29:22 The generation to come your children who (Deut. 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