Deuteronomy 31:17

Deuteronomy 31:17

15 Now ^athe Lord appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle.

16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will¹ rest with your fathers; and this people will ^arise and ^bplay the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will ^cforsake Me and ^dbreak My covenant which I have made with them.

17 Then My anger shall be ^aaroused against them in that day, and ^bI will forsake them, and I will ^chide My face from them, and they shall be¹ devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ^d‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is ^enot among us?’

18 And ^aI will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

19 “Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be ^aa witness for Me against the children of Israel.

20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves ^aand grown fat, ^bthen they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Then my anger shall be kindled, . . . and I will hide my face from them—an announcement of the withdrawal of the divine favor and protection of which the Shekinah was the symbol and pledge. It never appeared in the second temple; and its non-appearance was a prelude of "all the evils that came upon them, because their God was not among them."

Deuteronomy 31:16-22

the Lord said unto Moses, . . . this people will rise up—In this remarkable interview, Moses was distinctly apprised of the infidelity of Israel, their corruptions of the true religion through intercourse with the idolatrous inhabitants of Canaan (Amos 5:26), and their chastisements in consequence of those national defections.

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