Deuteronomy 29:24

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָ֣מְר֔וּ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽזְב֔וּ אֶת־בְּרִ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּרַ֣ת עִמָּ֔ם בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹ אֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾāmᵉrû: Because that ʿāzᵉbû ʾet-bᵉrît YHWH ʾĕlōhê ʾăbōtām that kārat with-them in-hôṣîʾô them from-ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmᵉrû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural consecutive - and they will say
• *ʿāzᵉbû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they forsook
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bᵉrît*: noun feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *ʾăbōtām*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *kārat*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he cut
• *hôṣîʾô*: Hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bringing out
• *ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *ʿāzᵉbû*: forsook/abandoned/left
• *bᵉrît*: covenant/treaty/agreement
• *kārat*: cut/made/established
• *hôṣîʾô*: his bringing out/leading out

Referenced Verses

• Jer 22:8-9 : 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
• 1 Kgs 9:8-9 : 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
• 2 Chr 7:21-22 : 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
• Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
• Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
• Ezek 14:23 : 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;