SEV Biblia, Chapter 29:24
dirán, pues, todos los gentiles: ¿Por qué hizo el SEÑOR así a esta tierra? ¿Qué ira es ésta de tan gran furor?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. Even all nations shall say , etc.] 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!
Matthew Henry Commentary
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, believin sinners, plants them again in their land; and they shall no more be pulled up, being kept by the power of God.
Original Hebrew
ואמרו 559 כל 3605 הגוים 1471 על 5921 מה 4100 עשׂה 6213 יהוה 3068 ככה 3602 לארץ 776 הזאת 2063 מה 4100 חרי 2750 האף 639 הגדול 1419 הזה׃ 2088
