Deuteronomy 29:19

Compare on the thoughtJeremiah 23:17. The secret and presumptuous sinner is meant who flatters himself that all is well and will be well with him, since he follows his own devices and prospers. ComparePsalms 73:11ff. To add drunkenness to thirst -The sense is probably: “Himself, drinking iniquity like water,Job 15:16, he corrupts and destroys others who are thirsting for it or prone to it.” The sense of the whole passage fromDeuteronomy 29:16onward toDeuteronomy 29:20may be exhibited thus: “Ye have seen the abominations of idolatry among the pagan. Do you therefore look diligently that there be no secret idolater among you; a root of bitterness to all about him.