Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger?
Even all nations shall say,…. For the destruction of this land, and the people of it, would be, as it has been, so very great and awful, and so very remarkable and surprising, that the fame of it would be heard among all the nations of the world, as it has been; who, upon hearing the sad report of it, would ask the following questions:
wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? so distinguished from all others for the fruitfulness and pleasantness of it; the people, the inhabitants of which, he chose, above all others, to be a special and peculiar people; and where he had a temple built for him, and where he had his residence, and worship used to be given unto him:
what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger? what is the reason of his stirring up his fierce wrath, and causing it to burn in so furious a manner? surely it must be something very horrible and provoking indeed!
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ What is this great burning of wrath? ” i.e., what does it mean – whence does it come? The reply to such a question would be (Deu 29:25-29): The inhabitants of the land have forsaken the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers; therefore has the wrath of the Lord burned over the land.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(24) All nations shall say, Wherefore . . .?The people of Israel are represented as asking a similar question in Jer. 5:19, And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? Then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land; so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. Compare also the warning given to Solomon after the completion of the Temple (marginal reference).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
24. What meaneth the heat of this great anger Literally, what is this great burning of wrath? Comp. 1Ki 9:8-9; Jer 22:8-9.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
what. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read “and what”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ki 9:8, 1Ki 9:9, 2Ch 7:21, 2Ch 7:22, Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9, Lam 2:15-17, Lam 4:12, Eze 14:23, Rom 2:5
Reciprocal: Exo 11:8 – a great anger Lev 26:32 – and your Deu 31:17 – Are not these Jdg 6:13 – why then Jdg 21:3 – why is 1Sa 4:3 – Wherefore 1Ki 14:15 – this good land 2Ki 18:12 – they obeyed not 2Ki 22:17 – have forsaken 2Ch 6:36 – thou be angry 2Ch 28:6 – because Ezr 5:12 – he gave Job 18:20 – astonied Psa 18:8 – went Isa 23:8 – Who hath Jer 5:19 – Wherefore Jer 6:18 – hear Jer 16:10 – Wherefore Jer 40:2 – The Lord Eze 5:15 – an instruction Eze 12:16 – and they Eze 20:48 – General Eze 21:5 – all Eze 22:4 – have I Eze 32:10 – amazed Amo 3:9 – and behold