Deuteronomy 29:27

27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:

Deuteronomy 29:27 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:27

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land
For this their idolatry and base ingratitude:

to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book;
in this book of Deuteronomy, and particularly ( Deuteronomy 28:16-68 ) ; see ( Daniel 9:11 ) .

Deuteronomy 29:27 In-Context

25 And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:
26 And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:
27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:
28 And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation, and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.
29 Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.