1. God will vindicate his people (26-43).
When a nation that God used as his instrument of judgment upon Israel falls into pride and takes credit for God's judgment, God will turn against that nation and unleash his vengeance against her. When Israel has nothing left and no god to turn to help them, he will have compassion and vindicate them. He is the God who wounds to bring us to repentance, and he is the source of healing when we repent. He is the one who can deliver us. He does this so that we will acknowledge he alone is God and rejoice in his deliverance and atonement for our sins.

2. Moses will die and not enter the land (44-52).
After teaching them God's song of judgment, Moses cautioned the people again to take to heart God's law and obey it carefully so that all will go well for them. Then the Lord spoke to Moses to tell him his time had come to die on the mountain. God kept his word and did not allow Moses to enter the promised land for his sin of dishonoring God at the waters of Meribah. God is a God of truth and grace. We need to trust in him and believe in him always, even when we receive his discipline.