Deuteronomy · Chapter 29 King James Version

Deuteronomy 29:23

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The Scripture

(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, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Deuteronomy 29 opens the renewal of the covenant in the land of Moab, as Moses reminds Israel of all the Lord did in Egypt and during the wilderness wandering, even though He had not yet given them a heart to perceive. He warns that no one should harbor a root of idolatry that would bring the covenant curses on the whole community and turn the land into a burning waste like Sodom. The chapter closes with the reminder that the secret things belong to the Lord but the revealed things belong to Israel and their children forever, that they may do all the words of the law.

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