Deuteronomy 29:20

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֮ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
will	יֹאבֶ֣ה yo.Veh	H14	to breathe after · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
spare	סְלֹ֣חַֽ se.Lo.ach	H5545	to forgive · verb, qal infinitive construct
anger	אַף 'af-	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
jealousy	וְקִנְאָתוֹ֙ ve.kin.'a.To	H7068	jealousy or envy · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
smoke	יֶעְשַׁ֨ן ye'.Shan	H6225	to smoke · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	בָּאִ֣ישׁ ba.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
curses	הָ֣אָלָ֔ה ha.'a.Lah	H423	an imprecation · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
written	הַכְּתוּבָ֖ה ha.ke.tu.Vah	H3789	to grave · definite article + verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular absolute
book	בַּסֵּ֣פֶר ba.Se.fer	H5612	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lie	וְרָ֤בְצָה ve.Ra.ve.tzah	H7257	to crouch (on all four legs folded · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
out	וּמָחָ֤ה u.ma.Chah	H4229	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמ֔וֹ she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Deuteronomy 9:14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than…
Psalms 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Ezekiel 14:7-8 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his ido…
Ezekiel 23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remn…
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon…
Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Psalms 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 29:10–end

It appears by the length of the sentences here, and by the copiousness and pungency of the expressions, that Moses, now that he was drawing near to the close of his discourse, was very warm and zealous, and very desirous to impress what he said upon the minds of this unthinking people. To bind them the faster to God and duty, he here, with great solemnity of expression (to make up the want of the external ceremony that was used Exo 24:4 etc.), concludes a bargain (as it were) between them and God, an everlasting covenant, which God would not forget and they must not. He requires not their explicit consent, but lays the matter plainly before them, and then leaves it between God and their own…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10

Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of bitterness, spreading its noxious seed and corrupt influence all around (compare Heb 12:15). It was of the greatest consequence thus to reach the heart and conscience of everyone, for some might delude themselves with the vain idea that by taking the…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 29:20

Then the Lord will not spare him,.... Have no mercy upon him, nor forgive him, being an hardhearted, impenitent, stubborn, and obstinate sinner, as well as guilty of the grossest and most provoking sin, as idolatry is: but then the anger of the Lord, and his jealousy, shall smoke against that man; or, "the nose of the Lord shall smoke" (f); alluding to an angry, wrathful, furious man, whose brain being heated, and his passions inflamed, his breath steams through his nostrils like smoke; it denotes the vehement anger, the greatness of God's wrath and indignation against such a person, and his burning zeal or jealousy for his own honour and glory injured by the idolater: and all the curses t…

Dictionary and topics

Book — This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word sepher, which properly means a “writing,” and then a “volume” (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58;…
Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Anger Of God, The · Against: Idolatry — Against: Idolatry
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Drunkenness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Imagination · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Impenitence · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Jealousy · Attributed to Go — Attributed to Go
Judgments · Different kinds of: Blotting out the name — Different kinds of: Blotting out the name
Presumption · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 29:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 29:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 29:20

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 29:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 29:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10

John Gill on Deuteronomy 29:20

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 29:10-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 29:20-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 29:20

Rashi on Deuteronomy 29:20