Deuteronomy 29:24
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New International Version (©2011)
All the nations will ask: "Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
"And all the surrounding nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why was he so angry?'

English Standard Version (©2001)
all the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

International Standard Version (©2012)
All the nations will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'

NET Bible (©2006)
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the LORD done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then all the other nations in the world will ask, "Why has the LORD done this to their land? Why is he so angry?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean?

American King James Version
Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?

American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

Darby Bible Translation
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

English Revised Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Webster's Bible Translation
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

World English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

Young's Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

29:22-28 Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession. He never does this without good reason. It concerns us to seek for the reason, that we may give glory to God, and take warning to ourselves. Thus the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ toward penitent, believing sinners, plants them again in their land; and they shall no more be pulled up, being kept by the power of God.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 24. - What meaneth the heat of this great anger? The reply to this question comes in what follows (vers. 25-28).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even all nations shall say,.... For the destruction of this land, and the people of it, would be, as it has been, so very great and awful, and so very remarkable and surprising, that the fame of it would be heard among all the nations of the world, as it has been; who, upon hearing the sad report of it, would ask the following questions:

wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? so distinguished from all others for the fruitfulness and pleasantness of it; the people, the inhabitants of which, he chose, above all others, to be a special and peculiar people; and where he had a temple built for him, and where he had his residence, and worship used to be given unto him:

what meaneth the heat of this great anger? what is the reason of his stirring up his fierce wrath, and causing it to burn in so furious a manner? surely it must be something very horrible and provoking indeed!

Deuteronomy 29:24 Parallel Commentaries
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The Covenant in Moab
…23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger? 25Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: …

1 Kings 9:8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'
2 Chronicles 7:21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'
Isaiah 65:11 "But as for you who forsake the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
Jeremiah 5:19 And when the people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' you will tell them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.'
Jeremiah 16:10 "When you tell these people all this and they ask you, 'Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?'
Jeremiah 22:8 "People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'
Jeremiah 40:2 When the commander of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster for this place.
Lamentations 4:12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.