Deuteronomy 29:23

23 'All its land is 1brimstone and salt, 2a burning waste, unsown * and unproductive *, and no * grass grows in it, like the overthrow of 3Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.'

Deuteronomy 29:23 In-Context

21 "Then the LORD will single him out for adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law.
22 "Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say,
23 'All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive , and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.'
24 "All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'
25 "Then men will say, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD , the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Genesis 19:24; Isaiah 34:9; Jeremiah 17:6; Zephaniah 2:9
  • 2. Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 64:11
  • 3. Jude 7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "it is not sown and does not cause to sprout"
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