Deuteronomy 29:28

28 In furious anger and in great wrath the LORD uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”

Deuteronomy 29:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.'
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 In great anger and fury the LORD uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!’
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 God, furiously angry, pulled them, roots and all, out of their land and dumped them in another country, as you can see."
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 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.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 In his fierce anger and fury the LORD uprooted these people from their land and deported them to another country, where they still are today."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 The Lord uprooted them from their land in [His] anger, fury, and great wrath, and threw them into another land where they are today.'
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 The LORD's anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that's where they are now."

Deuteronomy 29:28 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:28

And the Lord rooted them out of the land
Which was true both at the Babylonish captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and at their present one by the Romans; and especially the latter, by whom they have been so rooted out, as that they have not been able to return to it these 1700 years, nor to have any inheritance or possession in it; whereas, at the end of seventy years, they returned from the Babylonish captivity to their land again: and which was done

in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation;
which were most abundantly shown in the utter destruction of their land, city, and temple, by the Romans:

and cast them another land, as [it is] this day;
the ten tribes were cast into Assyria, and from thence into the cities of the Medes, the two tribes into the land of Chaldea, and now into all lands; and none their own, but another, a strange and foreign country. The word "cast" denotes the vehemence of the divine displeasure at them, expressed by the removal of them out of their own land into another. In the Hebrew word for "cast", a middle letter in it is greater than usual; the reason of which perhaps is, that this dealing of God with them might be observed and taken notice of as very remarkable; and Ainsworth thinks it is to observe the greatness of the punishment; and the Jews understand this of the casting away of the ten tribes: and they gather from hence that the ten tribes shall not return, though about it they are divided; for so they say in the Misnah F8,

``the ten tribes shall not return, as it is said, and cast them into another land, as this day; as the day goes and does not return, so they go and return not; these are the words of R. Akiba. R. Eliezer says, as the day brings on darkness and light, so the ten tribes who are now dark shall be enlightened.''


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 3.

Deuteronomy 29:28 In-Context

26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them.
27 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book.
28 In furious anger and in great wrath the LORD uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”
29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 7:11
  • 2. 1 Kings 14:15; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Psalms 9:6; Psalms 52:5; Proverbs 2:22; Jeremiah 12:14; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 42:10; Ezekiel 19:12
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