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20 “The Lord won’t forgive such a person.[a] Instead, the zealous anger of the Lord will blaze against him. All the curses that were written in this book will fall on him. Then the Lord will wipe out his memory[b] from under heaven. 21 The Lord will set him apart from all the tribes of Israel for destruction,[c] according to the curses of the covenant that were written in this Book of the Law.”

A Reminder of Sodom and Gomorrah

22 “Then the generation to come—your descendants after you and the foreigners who come from afar—will see plagues and illnesses infecting the land that the Lord will inflict on it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit. him
  2. Deuteronomy 29:20 Lit. name
  3. Deuteronomy 29:21 Lit. evil

20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive(A) them; his wrath and zeal(B) will burn(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot(D) out their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster,(E) according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.(F)

22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it.(G)

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