Deuteronomy 29:22-28
“Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?... And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger.”
King James Version
The nations asking why the land lies desolate — Israel rooted out for forsaking the covenant.
Fulfillment References
1 Kings 9:8-9 Jeremiah 22:8-9 Deuteronomy 28:15-68 Daniel 9:7
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe one God's judgment is a witness before the nations; yet His covenant purpose moves toward restoration in Christ.
JewishThe exile interpreted to the nations as the consequence of covenant abandonment — a recurring prophetic explanation of Israel's suffering.
CatholicThe desolation as covenant judgment, a witness to God's holiness before the nations.
ProtestantThe land's desolation and the nations' question, fulfilled in the exiles — a witness to covenant faithfulness.
OrthodoxGod's righteous judgment displayed before the nations.
DispensationalThe literal desolation, preceding the promised restoration.
AcademicA 'nations will ask' motif paralleled in ANE texts and 1 Kings 9; part of the Deuteronomistic theology of exile.
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