Deuteronomy 32:28 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Deuteronomy 32:28

26 ^aI would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
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.” ’

28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.

29 ^aOh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their ^blatter end!

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?

31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
^aEven our enemies themselves being judges.

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.

33 Their wine is ^athe poison of serpents,
And the cruel ^bvenom of cobras.

34 ‘Is this not ^alaid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?

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.’

36 “For^a 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.

37 He will say: ^a‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?

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.

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.

40 For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,

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.

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.” ’

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.”

44 So Moses came with¹ Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

45 Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Deuteronomy

DEUTERONOMY, the second law, a title which plainly shows what is the object of this book, namely, a recapitulation of the law. It was given in the form of public addresses to the people; and as Moses spoke in the prospect of his speedy removal, he enforced obedience to it by many forcible appeals to the Israelites, concerning their long and varied experience both of the mercies and the judgments of God. The minute notices of the heathen people with whom they had come in contact, but who afterward disappeared from the pages of history, as well as the accounts of the fertility and products of Canaan, and the counsels respecting the conquest of that country, fix the date of this book and the time of its composition by the hand of Moses. The close, however, must have been added by another; and, indeed, it is supposed by some to have formed the original preface to the Book of Joshua.

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