Deuteronomium 2:15

15 Zo was ook de hand des HEEREN tegen hen, om hen uit het midden des heirlegers te verslaan, totdat zij verteerd waren.

Deuteronomium 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:15

For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them
His power was exerted in a way of wrath and vengeance on them, for their murmurings at the report of the spies; and therefore, it is no wonder they were consumed, for strong is his hand, and high is his right hand; and when lifted up it falls heavy, and there is no standing up under it, or against it: it smote them with one disease or another, or brought one judgment or another upon them: as the sword of Amalek, by which many were cut off, and the plague at Shittim in the plains of Moab, in which died 24,000; besides the destruction of Korah and his company, which was quickly after the affair of the spies, and the plague at that time, of which died 14,700; and thus, by one stroke after another, he went on to

destroy them from among the host until they were consumed,
even all of them but two, as follows.

Deuteronomium 2:15 In-Context

13 Nu, maakt u op, en trekt over de beek Zered. Alzo trokken wij over de beek Zered.

14 De dagen nu, die wij gewandeld hebben van Kades-Barnea, totdat wij over de beek Zered getogen zijn, waren acht en dertig jaren; totdat het ganse geslacht der krijgslieden uit het midden der heirlegers verteerd was, gelijk de HEERE hun gezworen had.

15 Zo was ook de hand des HEEREN tegen hen, om hen uit het midden des heirlegers te verslaan, totdat zij verteerd waren.

16 En het geschiedde, als al de krijgslieden verteerd waren, uit het midden des heirlegers wegstervende,

17 Dat de HEERE tot mij sprak, zeggende: