Ulangan 29:24-28

29:24 Then all the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger ¹  all about?” 29:25 Then people will say, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 29:26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ²  29:27 That is why the Lord’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses ³  written in this scroll. 29:28 So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

Ulangan 29:1

Narrative Interlude

29:1 (28:69) ⁴  These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. ⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 9:6-9

9:6 But stand up ⁶  and enter the city and you will be told ⁷  what you must do.” 9:7 (Now the men ⁸  who were traveling with him stood there speechless, ⁹  because they heard the voice but saw no one.) ¹⁰  9:8 So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, ¹¹  he could see nothing. ¹²  Leading him by the hand, his companions ¹³  brought him into Damascus. 9:9 For ¹⁴  three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. ¹⁵ 

Yeremia 22:8-9

22:8 “‘People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, “Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?” 22:9 The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

¹ tn Heb “this great burning of anger”; KJV “the heat of this great anger.”

² tn Heb “did not assign to them”; NASB, NRSV “had not allotted to them.”

³ tn Heb “the entire curse.”

⁴ sn Beginning with 29:1, the verse numbers through 29:29 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:1 ET = 28:69 HT, 29:2 ET = 29:1 HT, 29:3 ET = 29:2 HT, etc., through 29:29 ET = 29:28 HT. With 30:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁵ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (which some English versions substitute here for clarity, cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁶ tn Or “But arise.”

⁷ tn Literally a passive construction, “it will be told to you.” This has been converted to another form of passive construction in the translation.

⁸ tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which is used only rarely in a generic sense of both men and women. In the historical setting here, Paul’s traveling companions were almost certainly all males.

⁹ tn That is, unable to speak because of fear or amazement. See BDAG 335 s.v. ἐνεός.

¹⁰ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Acts 22:9 appears to indicate that they saw the light but did not hear a voice. They were “witnesses” that something happened.

¹¹ tn Grk “his eyes being open,” a genitive absolute construction that has been translated as a concessive adverbial participle.

¹² sn He could see nothing. This sign of blindness, which was temporary until v. 18, is like the sign of deafness experienced by Zechariah in Luke 1. It allowed some time for Saul (Paul) to reflect on what had happened without distractions.

¹³ tn Grk “they”; the referents (Saul’s companions) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Grk “And for.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

¹⁵ tn The word “anything” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader. The fasting might indicate an initial realization of Luke 5:33-39. Fasting was usually accompanied by reflective thought.