Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 29:22
FINAL SUMMARY OF THE CURSE FOR BREAKING THE COVENANT"And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, and shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sickness wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick; and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah... read more
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-29
The covenant renewed (29:1-30:20)Israel’s lack of understanding of God and his ways meant that the people needed constant reminders of the covenant’s purpose, meaning and requirements. Moses gave them such a reminder in this his farewell address to the nation, acting as God’s representative in the renewal of the covenant as he had done at the establishment of the covenant at Sinai (Horeb) (29:1-9). The renewed oath of allegiance that the people swore before entering Canaan was binding on future... read more