1 Moses called all Israel together and said to them: 'You have seen everything that Yahweh did before your eyes in Egypt, to Pharaoh, to his servants and to his whole country-
2 the great ordeals which you yourselves witnessed, those signs and the great wonders.
3 But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
4 'I have been leading you for forty years in the desert, yet the clothes which you have been wearing have not worn out, nor have the sandals on your feet.
5 You have had no bread to eat, you have had no wine or fermented liquor to drink, so that you would learn that I, Yahweh, am your God.
6 'When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to do battle against us; we defeated them.
7 We conquered their country and gave it as heritage to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
8 'Keep the words of this covenant, put them into practice, and you will thrive in everything you do.
9 'All of you are standing here today in the presence of Yahweh your God: your tribal leaders, your elders, your scribes, all the men of Israel,
10 with your children and your wives (and the foreigner too who is in your camp, be he your wood-cutter or your water-carrier),
11 and you are about to pass into the covenant of Yahweh your God, sworn with imprecation, which he has made with you today,
12 and by which, today, he makes you a nation for himself and he himself becomes a God to you, as he has promised you, and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
13 Not only on your behalf am I today making this covenant and pronouncing this solemn curse,
14 not only on behalf of those standing here with us in the presence of Yahweh our God today, but also on behalf of those not here with us today.
15 'Yes, you know the people with whom we used to live in Egypt, and those through whose countries we have travelled -- the nations through whom we have passed.
16 You have seen their abominations and their idols made of wood and stone, silver and gold, which were there.
17 'Let there be no man or woman of you, no clan or tribe, whose heart turns away from Yahweh your God today, to go and serve the gods of these nations. Among you let there be no root which bears poison or wormwood.
18 If, after hearing this imprecation, anyone, blessing himself, should say in his heart, "I shall do well enough if I follow the dictates of my heart; much water drives away thirst,"
19 Yahweh will not pardon him. The wrath and jealousy of Yahweh will blaze against such a person; every curse written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot his name out under heaven.
20 Yahweh will single him out of all the tribes of Israel for misfortune, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in the book of this Law.
21 'The future generation, that of your children coming after you, and the foreigner arriving from some far-away land, on seeing the plagues and diseases inflicted on this country by Yahweh, will exclaim,
22 "Sulphur! Salt!-The whole country is burning! No one will sow, nothing grow, no vegetation spring ever again! Devastation like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, devastated by Yahweh in his furious wrath!"
23 And all the nations will exclaim, "Why has Yahweh treated this country like this? Why this great blaze of anger?"
24 'And people will say, "Because they deserted the covenant of Yahweh, God of their ancestors, the covenant which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt;
25 because they went and served other gods and worshipped them, gods hitherto unknown to them, gods that were no part of their heritage from him:
26 this is why Yahweh's anger has blazed against this country, afflicting it with all the curses written in this book.
27 In anger, in fury, in fierce wrath, Yahweh has torn them from their own country and flung them into another country, where they are today."
28 Things hidden belong to Yahweh our God, but things revealed are ours and our children's for ever, so that we can put all the words of this Law into practice.'
Versículos relacionados com Deuteronomy, 29:
Deuteronomy 29 deals with the renewal of the covenant between God and the people of Israel after the death of Moses. In this chapter Moses reminds the people all the blessings and curses that God had promised in the covenant, and urges them to remain faithful to it. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Deuteronomy 29:
Deuteronomy 30:19-20: "Today I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you, which I put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Now choose life, so that you and your children may Live and love the Lord, your God, listen to your voice and get to Him. For the Lord is His life, and He will give you many years in the earth who swore to give to his ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. " This verse highlights the importance of choosing the covenant with God, the central theme of chapter 29 of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 6:5: "Love the Lord, your God, your heart, all your soul and all your strength." This verse reinforces the importance of love and obedience to God, which is the basis of the covenant between Him and the people of Israel.
1 Kings 8:61: "May your heart be entirely dedicated to the Lord, our God, to follow His decrees and obey His commandments, as today." This verse highlights the importance of total dedication to God and obedience to His will, fundamental to the covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31-33: "Days will come, declares the Lord, in which I will make a new covenant with Israel and Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with his ancestors when I took them by the hand to get them out of Egypt, for they broke my covenant, although I am their Lord. This is the covenant I will do with the community of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put my law in their heart and write it in their hearts. God, and they will be my people. " This verse speaks of the promise of a new covenant between God and the people of Israel, which will be written in the hearts of the faithful and not just on stone tablets.
Matthew 26:28: "This is my blood, which ratifies the covenant, shed for many for the forgiveness of sins." This verse refers to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, which ratified a new covenant between God and humanity through the forgiveness of sins.
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