Deuteronomy 29:29

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 29:29

29 Moses ends his prophecy of the Jews' rejection, just as St. Paul ends his discourse on the same subject, when it began to be fulfilled, Romans 11:33. We are forbidden curiously to inquire into the secret counsels of God, and to determine concerning them. But we are directed and encouraged, diligently to seek into that which God has made known. He has kept back nothing that is profitable for us, but only that of which it is good for us to be ignorant. The end of all Divine revelation is, not... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Deuteronomy 29:10-29

A Solemn Call to Obedience v. 10. Ye stand this day, all of you, before the Lord, your God, not only the men, but also the women, the children, and the strangers who had cast their lot with theirs; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, time all the men of Israel, v. 11. your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water, the men lowest in the social scale, the men that performed the lowest and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

Deuteronomy 29:1-291These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make [to close] with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made [closed] with them in Horeb. 2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land. 3The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:14-29

the Penalty of Serving False Gods Deuteronomy 29:14-29 Deuteronomy 29:15 clearly refers to the future generations, who were included in this solemn act. The word “gall,” Deuteronomy 29:18 , indicates the poisonous character of idolatry. The application of this passage to any man who falls short of the grace of God shows that the tendency to idolatry has its root in the apostasy of the heart, Hebrews 12:15 . We cannot say that religion is a matter of indifference; or, if we say it, we are... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

The fourth discourse of Moses urged the people to be true to the Covenant, the terms of which had been given and are recorded in the previous chapter. It is to be carefully remembered that the first verse of chapter twenty-nine in our arrangement is the last of chapter twenty-eight in the Hebrew Bible. The statement, "These are the words of the covenant," refers to what had already been uttered. In thus especially appealing to them, Moses first referred to the Lord's deliverances for them,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

Deuteronomy 29:1 belongs, as in the Heb. Bible, to the preceding chapter. It is the formal ending of the great discourse ( Deuteronomy 4:44, Deuteronomy 12-26, Deuteronomy 28). Deuteronomy 29 (except Deuteronomy 29:1) and Deuteronomy 30 form ostensibly Moses’ third address, in the course of which Israel is urged to obey Yahweh and to enter into covenant relations with Him ( Deuteronomy 29:2-Ezra :), words of warning ( Deuteronomy 29:16-Joel :) being followed by words of promise ( Deuteronomy... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 29:29

Having now mentioned the dreadful and amazing judgments of God upon the whole land and people of Israel, and foreseeing by the Spirit of prophecy the utter extirpation and destruction which would come upon them for their wickedness, he breaks out into this pathetical exclamation, either to bridle their curiosity, who hearing this, would be apt to inquire into the time and manner of so great an event; or to quiet his own mind, and satisfy the scruples of others, who perceiving God to deal so... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:1-29

CRITICAL NOTES.—The discourse is continued—the subject of that is the covenant of Israel with God—its privileges conferred and obligations imposed. Besides (Deuteronomy 29:1), not a new covenant, but repetition, renewal of the old at a suitable time.Deuteronomy 29:2-9. Obligation to obey on account of what God had done for Israel. All Israel. Represented by Elders (cf. Deuteronomy 29:10). Temptations. Testings, provings (cf. Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 7:19). Not given. They felt no want and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:29

Deuteronomy 29:29 I. There are certain domains of thought and government accessible to none but God. II. Impenetrable secrecy is compatible with paternal benevolence. III. Divine secrecy is no plea for human disobedience. In the words of our text we have: (1) an acknowledgment of a Divine revelation "the things which are revealed." (2) A definition of the relationship in which God stands to humankind "all the words of this law." Then God is our Lawgiver. (3) A distinct recognition of man's... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Deuteronomy 29:29

DISCOURSE: 223SECRET THINGS BELONG TO GODDeuteronomy 29:29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this Law.NEVER were mercies granted to any people, so rich as those which were vouchsafed to Israel: nor were there ever judgments so signally, through successive ages, inflicted on any other nation, as on them. And all this was in accordance with prophecy, even with the... read more

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