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The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick;

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A Shocking Testimony

Commentators explain that the plagues on the land would be so severe and extraordinary that they would serve as a shocking public spectacle. Future generations and even foreign travelers would be compelled to ask why such a catastrophe occurred. This wasn't a common misfortune, but a clear and undeniable sign of God's judgment against breaking His covenant.

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Deuteronomy

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Deuteronomy 29:21–22

19th Century

Bishop

And the Lord shall separate him unto evil ... so that the generation to come ... shall say ... of that land. —It is not a…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Deuteronomy 29:22

16th Century

Theologian

So that the generation to come of your children. God enforces what we have already seen: that the punishments He would inflict would be no…

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 29:22

17th Century

Pastor

So that the generation to come of your children that shall
rise up after you
Not the …

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 29:22–28

17th Century

Minister

Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people who profess to be near him. He nev…