Deuteronomy 29:28
in Deuteronomy 29The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
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ASV
and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
KJV
And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseSo that, how dreadful soever the desolation was, the Lord was righteous in it, which is acknowledged, Dan. ix. "Thus" (says Mr. Ainsworth) "the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ towards penitent believing sinners plants them again upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up, being kept by the power of God," Amos ix.
This site's exposition
It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD
on Deuteronomy 29:25-28
The nations' answer names the covenant made when God brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse 28 speaks of the uprooting as past, “where they are today”, and Daniel 9:11-14 prays these verses back to God from inside the exile.
This site's exposition
The LORD uprooted them from
Henry quotes Ainsworth, who set this uprooting beside Amos 9:15, where God plants Israel in its land never again to be uprooted. In Ainsworth's words the law leaves the sinner rooted out, and the grace of Christ plants the penitent again. Judgment's verb returns as a promise.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the Lord rooted them out of the land,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤ם | vaiyiteshem | and he plucked up them | H5428 → | |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַדְמָתָ֔ם | ʾadmatam | land their | H127 → | 225 times |
| בְּאַ֥ף | beaf | in anger | H639 → | 276 times |
| וּבְחֵמָ֖ה | uvechemah | and in rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| וּבְקֶ֣צֶף | uveketzef | and in wrath | H7110 → | |
| גָּד֑וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛ם | vaiyashlikhem | and he threw out them | H7993 → | 125 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אַחֶ֖רֶת | ʾacheret | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| כַּיּ֥וֹם | kaiyom | as the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤םand he plucked up them
vaiyiteshemH5428 →
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
אַדְמָתָ֔םland their
ʾadmatamH127 →225 times
בְּאַ֥ףin anger
beafH639 →276 times
וּבְחֵמָ֖הand in rage
uvechemahH2534 →125 times
וּבְקֶ֣צֶףand in wrath
uveketzefH7110 →
גָּד֑וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛םand he threw out them
vaiyashlikhemH7993 →125 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֥רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
אַחֶ֖רֶתanother
ʾacheretH312 →166 times
כַּיּ֥וֹםas the day
kaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
it leads to
- Psalms 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- Isaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Psalms 52:5
Through
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
it leads to
- Proverbs 2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
- Proverbs 2:22
Through
Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 36:36
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do…
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Jeremiah 31:28
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.