Deuteronomy 29:25

25 And they will say, '[It is] because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, which he {made} with them {when he brought them out} from the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 29:25 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:25

Then men shall say
The answer that will be returned to the above questions will be this

because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their
fathers:
breakers of covenants with men are always reckoned among the worst of men, see ( Romans 1:31 ) ; and especially breakers of covenant with God, and with such a God as the God of Israel was, so good, so kind, and gracious; and of such a covenant he made with them, in which so many good things were promised unto them, on condition of their obedience; as the continuance in, such a land they dwelt in, with an abundance of privileges, civil and religious: and this covenant God of theirs was the God of their fathers also; and it was always reckoned an heinous sin among the Heathens to forsake the gods of their ancestors; see ( Jeremiah 2:11 ) ;

which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt;
which is another aggravation of their breach of the covenant the Lord made with them; it being made with them by that God, and at that time, when he in so wonderful a manner, with such mighty power, and a outstretched arm, and in great kindness and tenderness to them, brought then, out of hard bondage and most wretched slavery in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 29:25 In-Context

23 'All its land is brimstone and salt left by fire, {none of its land will be sown}, and it will not make plants sprout out and it will not grow any vegetation; [it is] as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Adman and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overturned in his anger and in his wrath.'

24 And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'

25 And they will say, '[It is] because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, which he {made} with them {when he brought them out} from the land of Egypt.

26 And they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods whom they did not know them and he had not allotted to them.

27 So {the anger of Yahweh was kindled} against that land to bring upon it all the curses written in this scroll,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "answer/respond"
• [b]. Or "fathers"
• [c]. Literally "cut"
• [d]. Literally "at/in his to bring them out from the land of Egypt"