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Deuteronomy 32:22

in Deuteronomy 32

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

KJV

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 32

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The lowest hell - שאול תחתית sheol tachtith, the very deepest destruction; a total extermination, so that the earth - their land, and its increase, and all their property, should be seized; and the foundations of their mountains - their strongest fortresses, should be razed to the ground. All this was fulfilled in a most remarkable manner in the last destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, so that of the fortifications of that city not one stone was left on another. See the notes on Matthew 24 (note).

This site's exposition

For a fire is kindled in mine anger

on Deuteronomy 32:22-23

The word rendered hell here is sheol, the place of the dead, and the fire is said to burn to its lowest part, so what is described has no floor under it. Chapter 28 gave these same judgments as the consequences of a broken covenant, and the song gives them as the act of a person who is angry. Arrows spent upon them makes God the archer, and verse 42 comes back to that image at the end.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כִּי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֵשׁ֙a fire

    ʾeshH784 →378 times

  • קָדְחָ֣הit has been kindled

    kadechahH6919 →

  • בְאַפִּ֔יby anger my

    veapiH639 →276 times

  • וַתִּיקַ֖דand it has burned

    vatikadH3344 →

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • שְׁא֣וֹלSheol

    sheolH7585 →

  • תַּחְתִּ֑יתlowest

    tachtitH8482 →

  • וַתֹּ֤אכַלand it has consumed

    vatokhalH398 →810 times

  • אֶ֙רֶץ֙[the] earth

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּand produce its

    vivulahH2981 →

  • וַתְּלַהֵ֖טand it has set ablaze

    vatelahetH3857 →

  • מוֹסְדֵ֥י[the] foundations of

    mosdeiH4144 →

  • הָרִֽים׃[the] mountains

    harimH2022 →546 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.8 worksLamentations 4:11The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.6 worksJeremiah 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”6 worksPsalms 83:14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,6 worksPsalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.6 worksNumbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.4 worksMicah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:4 worksPsalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.3 worksJob 9:5–6He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.3 worksZephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.3 worksMicah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.3 worksNumbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.3 worksJeremiah 17:4And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”3 worksIsaiah 24:19–20The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.3 worksEzekiel 38:18Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.3 worksIsaiah 42:25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.3 worksPsalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 86:13

    For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 103:8–12

      The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

    • Psalms 57:10

      For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

    • Psalms 116:8

      For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

    • 1 Thessalonians 1:10

      and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

    • Luke 1:58

      Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

  • Through

    Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger.…

    it leads to

    • Joel 3:2

      I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among…

    • Zephaniah 1:18

      Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 15:14

    Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

    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…

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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