Deuteronomy 29:17
in Deuteronomy 29You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
KJV
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt
on Deuteronomy 29:16-17
The King James sets these two verses in parentheses, and they give the reason for the warning that follows. The people know by sight Egypt, the nations on the way, and idols “of wood and stone, of silver and gold”. The same materials stand at 4:28, and the Hebrew word for idols here is a term of contempt Ezekiel uses throughout his book.
This site's exposition
the abominations and idols among
Wesley points to the golden calf as proof that Israel had learned too much in Egypt. Henry says some in the camp had seen these idols and liked them, preferring a god of wood they could see to an infinite Spirit they had never seen. Sight led to desire, as with Achan at Joshua 7:21.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And ye have seen their abominations and their idols,....
The danger they were in if they yielded to the temptation. He gives them fair warning: it was at their peril if they forsook God to serve idols. If they would not be bound and held by the precepts of the covenant, they would find that the curses of the covenant would be strong enough to bind and hold them.
A most solemn and dreadful denunciation of the wrath of God against such persons as promise themselves peace in a sinful way,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was of the greatest consequence to impress all with the strong and abiding conviction, that while the covenant of grace had special blessings belonging to it, it at the same time had curses in reserve for transgressors, the infliction of which would be as certain, as lasting and severe. This was the advantage contemplated in the law being rehearsed a second time.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Idols - See the margin, “dungy gods;” i. e. clods or stocks which can be rolled about (compare Lev 26:30).
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּרְאוּ֙ | vatiru | and you saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם | shikutzeihem | detestable things their | H8251 → | |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גִּלֻּלֵיהֶ֑ם | giluleihem | idols their | H1544 → | |
| עֵ֣ץ | ʾetz | wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וָאֶ֔בֶן | vaeven | and stone | H68 → | 273 times |
| כֶּ֥סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְזָהָ֖ב | vezahav | and gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עִמָּהֶֽם׃ | ʾimahem | [were] with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
וַתִּרְאוּ֙and you saw
vatiruH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔םdetestable things their
shikutzeihemH8251 →
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
גִּלֻּלֵיהֶ֑םidols their
giluleihemH1544 →
עֵ֣ץwood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
וָאֶ֔בֶןand stone
vaevenH68 →273 times
כֶּ֥סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וְזָהָ֖בand gold
vezahavH2091 →389 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עִמָּהֶֽם׃[were] with them
ʾimahemH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 16:13
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…
- 2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20
Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 16:13
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.