Surah Al-Baqarah 2:66

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا نَكَـٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

And We made it this punishment an exemplary punishment a lesson to dissuade others from doing what they did; for all the former times and for the latter that is for the people of that time or those that came later; …

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 2:66, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.