Deuteronomy 29:23

and that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath;

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WEBBE

that all of its land is sulphur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.

BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

KJV

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

ASV

[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 Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

BBE

And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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גָּפְרִית ga·fe·rit [is] sulfur H1614 וָמֶלַח va·me·lach and salt H4417 שְׂרֵפָה se·re·fah a burning waste H8316 כָל־ khol- all H3605 אַרְצָהּ 'ar·tzah land its H776 לֹא lo' not H3808 תִזָּרַע ti·za·ra' it is sown H2232 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 תַצְמִחַ tatz·mi·ach it causes to grow H6779 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 יַעֲלֶה ya·'a·leh it comes up H5927 בָהּ vah in (the) it H9034 כָּל־ kol- any H3605 עֵשֶׂב 'e·sev vegetation H6212 כְּמַהְפֵּכַת ke·mah·pe·khat like [the] overthrow of H4114 סְדֹם se·dom Sodom H5467 וַעֲמֹרָה va·'a·mo·rah and Gomorrah H6017 אַדְמָה 'ad·mah Admah H126 וּצְבוֹיִם u·tze·v·yim and Zeboiim H6636 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 הָפַךְ ha·fakh he overthrew H2015 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 בְּאַפּוֹ be·'a·po in anger his H639 וּבַחֲמָתוֹ u·va·cha·ma·to and in rage his H2534

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–28

Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession. He never does this without good reason. It concerns us to seek for the reason, that we may give glory to God, and take warning to ourselves. Thus the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ toward penitent, believing sinners, plants them again in their land; and they shall no more be pulled up, being kept by the power of God.

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Cross-references

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AdmahGomorrahSodomZeboiim

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SodomGomorrahBrimstoneZeboimAdmah

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.