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.’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Deuteronomy 32:19.
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