2 Let amy teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
bAs raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.
My speech distill as the dew,
bAs raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.
4 He is athe Rock, bHis work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
cA God of truth and dwithout injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
For all His ways are justice,
cA God of truth and dwithout injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
5 “Theya have corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A bperverse and crooked generation.
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A bperverse and crooked generation.
6 Do you thus adeal with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not byour Father, who cbought you?
Has He not dmade you and established you?
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not byour Father, who cbought you?
Has He not dmade you and established you?
7 “Remembera the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
bAsk your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
Consider the years of many generations.
bAsk your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
8 When the Most High adivided their inheritance to the nations,
When He bseparated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the1 children of Israel.
When He bseparated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the1 children of Israel.
10 “He found him ain a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He bkept him as the apple of His eye.
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He bkept him as the apple of His eye.
11 aAs an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
13 “Hea made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
14 Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
aWith fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the bblood of the grapes.
aWith fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the bblood of the grapes.
15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
aYou grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he bforsook God who cmade him,
And scornfully esteemed the dRock of his salvation.
aYou grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he bforsook God who cmade him,
And scornfully esteemed the dRock of his salvation.
17 aThey sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
19 “Anda when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
aChildren in whom is no faith.
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
aChildren in whom is no faith.
21 aThey have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger bby their foolish idols.
But cI will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
They have moved Me to anger bby their foolish idols.
But cI will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
22 For aa fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the1 lowest hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
And shall burn to the1 lowest hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
24 They shall be wasted with hunger,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the ateeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the ateeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
26 aI would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, a“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, a“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock ahad sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock ahad sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
32 For atheir vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
35 aVengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
bFor the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
Their foot shall slip in due time;
bFor the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
36 “Fora the Lord will judge His people
bAnd have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And cthere is no one remaining, bond or free.
bAnd have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And cthere is no one remaining, bond or free.
38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
39 ‘Now see that aI, even I, am He,
And bthere is no God besides Me;
cI kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
And bthere is no God besides Me;
cI kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
41 aIf I1 whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
43 “Rejoice,a O Gentiles, with His people;
For He will bavenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He cwill provide atonement for His land and His people.”
For He will bavenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He cwill provide atonement for His land and His people.”
44 So Moses came with1 Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Deuteronomy 32:1.
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