SEV Biblia, Chapter 29:18
Por ventura habrá entre vosotros varón, o mujer, o familia, o tribu, cuyo corazón se vuelva hoy de con el SEÑOR nuestro Dios, por andar a servir a los dioses de aquellos gentiles; por ventura habrá en vosotros raíz que eche veneno y ajenjo;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 29:18
Verse 18. A root that beareth gall and wormwood] That is, as the apostle expresses it, Heb. iii. 12, An evil heart of unbelief departing from the living God; for to this place he evidently refers. It may also signify false doctrines, or idolatrous persons among themselves.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. Lest there should be among you man or woman, or family, or tribe , etc.] These words stand in connection with ( Deuteronomy 29:15), with ( Deuteronomy 29:16,17) being in a parenthesis, as may be observed, and show the design of this solemn appearance of the people, and their entering afresh into covenant; which was to prevent their falling into idolatry, and preserve them from it, whether a single person of either sex, or a whole family, or even a tribe, which might be in danger of being infected with it, and so all the people: whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go [and] serve the gods of those nations ; whose heart is enticed and drawn aside at the remembrance of the idols he has seen worshipped by others; and is looking off from the Lord God, his faith in him being weakened, his fear of him removed, and his affections for him lessened; and is looking towards the idols of the nations, with a hankering mind to serve and worship them: lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood : the word “rosh”, which we render “gall”, signifies, according to Jarchi, a bitter herb, which better suits with a root than gall, and is elsewhere by us rendered “hemlock”, ( Hosea 10:4); and is by him very rightly interpreted of a wicked man among them; for not a principle of immorality, or heresy, rooted in the mind, productive of bitter fruits, or evil actions, is meant; but a bad man, particularly an idolater, who is rooted in idolatry, and is guilty of and commits abominable actions; the issue of which will be bitterness and death, if not recovered; which agrees with what the apostle says, ( Hebrews 12:15); who manifestly alludes to this passage; see the Apocrypha: “In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us: for since we departed from them we have had much sorrow.” (1 Maccabees 1:11) and is confirmed by what follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-21 - The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenan of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outwar dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to giv up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their obligatio to him, as the God of salvation, walking according thereto. The sinne is described as one whose heart turns away from his God; there the mischief begins, in the evil heart of unbelief, which inclines men to depart from the living God to dead idols. Even to this sin men are no tempted, when drawn aside by their own lusts and fancies. Such men ar roots that bear gall and wormwood. They are weeds which, if let alone overspread the whole field. Satan may for a time disguise this bitte morsel, so that thou shalt not have the natural taste of it, but at the last day, if not before, the true taste shall be discerned. Notice the sinner's security in sin. Though he hears the words of the curse, ye even then he thinks himself safe from the wrath of God. There is scarcely a threatening in all the book of God more dreadful than this Oh that presumptuous sinners would read it, and tremble! for it is real declaration of the wrath of God, against ungodliness an unrighteousness of man.
Original Hebrew
פן 6435 ישׁ 3426 בכם אישׁ 376 או 176 אשׁה 802 או 176 משׁפחה 4940 או 176 שׁבט 7626 אשׁר 834 לבבו 3824 פנה 6437 היום 3117 מעם 5973 יהוה 3068 אלהינו 430 ללכת 1980 לעבד 5647 את 853 אלהי 430 הגוים 1471 ההם 1992 פן 6435 ישׁ 3426 בכם שׁרשׁ 8328 פרה 6509 ראשׁ 7219 ולענה׃ 3939
