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Deuteronomy 32:28-52
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Deuteronomy 31:30-32:27
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Deuteronomy 31:30-32:27
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Deuteronomy 32:26-52
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Deuteronomy 31:30-32:25
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Deuteronomy 31:30-32:14
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Deuteronomy 32:15-47
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Deuteronomy 32:48-33:29
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"THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES ME"
Key verse: 39
NIV
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment(A) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(B)
and discern what their end will be!(C)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,(D)
unless their Rock had sold them,(E)
unless the Lord had given them up?(F)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(G)
as even our enemies concede.(H)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(I)
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(J)
and their clusters with bitterness.(K)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.(L)
34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?(M)
35 It is mine to avenge;(N) I will repay.(O)
In due time their foot will slip;(P)
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.(Q)”
36 The Lord will vindicate his people(R)
and relent(S) concerning his servants(T)
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave(U) or free.[a]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,(V)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(W)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 “See now that I myself am he!(X)
There is no god besides me.(Y)
I put to death(Z) and I bring to life,(AA)
I have wounded and I will heal,(AB)
and no one can deliver out of my hand.(AC)
40 I lift my hand(AD) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(AE)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(AF)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(AG) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(AH)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(AI)
while my sword devours flesh:(AJ)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice,(AK) you nations, with his people,[b][c]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(AL)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(AM)
and make atonement for his land and people.(AN)
44 Moses came with Joshua[d](AO) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(AP) so that you may command(AQ) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(AR) By them you will live long(AS) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(AT) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(AU) Range to Mount Nebo(AV) in Moab, across from Jericho,(AW) and view Canaan,(AX) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(AY) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(AZ) on Mount Hor(BA) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(BB) in the Desert of Zin(BC) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(BD) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(BE) you will not enter(BF) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 32:28 : Isa 1:3; 5:13; 27:11; Jer 8:7
- Deuteronomy 32:29 : Dt 5:29; Ps 81:13
- Deuteronomy 32:29 : Isa 47:7; La 1:9
- Deuteronomy 32:30 : S Lev 26:8
- Deuteronomy 32:30 : Jdg 2:14; 3:8; 4:2; 10:7; 1Sa 12:9
- Deuteronomy 32:30 : Nu 21:34; 1Sa 23:7; Ps 31:8; 44:12; 106:41; Isa 50:1; 54:6
- Deuteronomy 32:31 : S Ge 49:24
- Deuteronomy 32:31 : S Ex 14:25
- Deuteronomy 32:32 : Jer 23:14
- Deuteronomy 32:32 : Job 6:4; 20:16
- Deuteronomy 32:32 : Dt 29:18
- Deuteronomy 32:33 : S ver 24
- Deuteronomy 32:34 : Job 14:17; Jer 2:22; Hos 13:12
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : S ver 41; S Ge 4:24; S Jer 51:6
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : S Ge 30:2; S Ex 32:34; S Ps 54:5; S Ro 12:19*; Heb 10:30*
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : Ps 17:5; 35:6; 37:31; 38:16; 66:9; 73:2, 18; 94:18; 121:3; Pr 4:19; Jer 23:12
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : Eze 7:8-9
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : Heb 10:30*
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : Am 7:3
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : Lev 26:43-45; Dt 30:1-3; Jdg 2:18; Ps 90:13; 102:13; 103:13; 106:45; 135:14; Joel 2:14
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : 1Ki 14:10; 21:21; 2Ki 9:8
- Deuteronomy 32:37 : Jdg 10:14; Jer 2:28; 11:12
- Deuteronomy 32:38 : Nu 25:1-2; Jer 11:12; 44:8, 25
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : Isa 41:4; 43:10; 44:7; 46:4; 48:12
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : S ver 12
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1Sa 2:6
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1Sa 2:6; 2Ki 5:7; Ps 68:20; Jn 11:25-26
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : Ex 15:26; Job 5:18; 15:11; Ps 147:3; Isa 6:10; 19:22; 30:26; 53:5; 57:18; Jer 33:6; Hos 6:1; Mal 4:2; 1Pe 2:24
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : Job 9:12; 10:7; Ps 7:2; 50:22; Isa 43:13; Da 4:35; Hos 5:14
- Deuteronomy 32:40 : S Ge 14:22
- Deuteronomy 32:40 : S Ge 21:33; Rev 1:18
- Deuteronomy 32:41 : Jdg 7:20; Ps 7:12; 45:3; Isa 27:1; 34:6; 66:16; Jer 12:12; Eze 21:9-10
- Deuteronomy 32:41 : ver 35; Ps 149:7; Jer 46:10; Na 1:2
- Deuteronomy 32:41 : Ps 137:8; Jer 25:14; 50:29; 51:24, 56
- Deuteronomy 32:42 : S ver 23
- Deuteronomy 32:42 : 2Sa 2:26; Jer 12:12; 44:1; 46:10, 14
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : Ps 137:6; Isa 25:9; 65:18; 66:10; Ro 15:10*
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : 2Ki 9:7; S Rev 6:10
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : Isa 1:24; Jer 9:9
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : Ps 65:3; 79:9
- Deuteronomy 32:44 : Nu 13:8, 16
- Deuteronomy 32:46 : S Dt 6:6; Jn 1:17; 7:19
- Deuteronomy 32:46 : Dt 6:7
- Deuteronomy 32:47 : S Dt 30:20
- Deuteronomy 32:47 : S Ex 23:26; Dt 33:25; Isa 65:22
- Deuteronomy 32:48 : Nu 27:12
- Deuteronomy 32:49 : Nu 27:12
- Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Nu 32:3
- Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Nu 22:1
- Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Lev 14:34
- Deuteronomy 32:50 : S Ge 25:8; S Nu 27:13
- Deuteronomy 32:50 : Nu 20:29
- Deuteronomy 32:50 : S Nu 20:22
- Deuteronomy 32:51 : Eze 47:19
- Deuteronomy 32:51 : S Nu 13:21; 20:11-13
- Deuteronomy 32:51 : Nu 27:14
- Deuteronomy 32:52 : Dt 34:1-3
- Deuteronomy 32:52 : S Dt 3:27
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ESV
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is (A)no understanding in them.
29 (B)If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would (C)discern their latter end!
30 How could (D)one have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock (E)had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
31 For (F)their rock is not as our Rock;
(G)our enemies are by themselves.
32 For their vine (H)comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of (I)poison;
their clusters are bitter;
33 their wine is the poison of (J)serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
34 “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
(K)sealed up in my treasuries?
35 (L)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[a]
(M)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for (N)the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
36 For (O)the Lord will vindicate[b] his people
(P)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, (Q)bond or free.
37 Then he will say, (R)‘Where are their gods,
(S)the rock in which they took refuge,
38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
39 “‘See now that (T)I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
(U)I kill and I make alive;
(V)I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For (W)I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
41 if I (X)sharpen my flashing sword[c]
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and (Y)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the (Z)long-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 (AA)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;[d]
bow down to him, all gods,[e]
for he (AB)avenges the blood of his children[f]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[g]
and cleanses[h] his people's land.”[i]
44 Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and (AC)Joshua[j] the son of Nun. 45 And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, (AD)“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, (AE)that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is no empty word for you, (AF)but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
Moses' Death Foretold
48 That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, 49 “Go up (AG)this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. 50 And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as (AH)Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 (AI)because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. 52 For (AJ)you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint judge
- Deuteronomy 32:41 Hebrew the lightning of my sword
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or atones for
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew Hoshea
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 32:28 : Isa. 27:11; Jer. 4:22
- Deuteronomy 32:29 : ch. 5:29; Ps. 81:13; Luke 19:42
- Deuteronomy 32:29 : Isa. 47:7; Lam. 1:9
- Deuteronomy 32:30 : See Lev. 26:8
- Deuteronomy 32:30 : See Judg. 2:14
- Deuteronomy 32:31 : 1 Sam. 2:2
- Deuteronomy 32:31 : [1 Sam. 4:8]
- Deuteronomy 32:32 : [Isa. 1:10; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46]
- Deuteronomy 32:32 : ch. 29:18
- Deuteronomy 32:33 : Job 20:14, 16; Ps. 58:4 (Heb.)
- Deuteronomy 32:34 : [Job 14:17; Hos. 13:12; Rom. 2:5]
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : Ps. 94:1; Isa. 1:24; 59:18; Nah. 1:2; Cited Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : [Ps. 94:18]
- Deuteronomy 32:35 : [2 Pet. 2:3]
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : Ps. 135:14; Cited Heb. 10:30
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : Judg. 2:18; Ps. 106:45; [Ps. 90:13]
- Deuteronomy 32:36 : 1 Kgs. 14:10; 21:21; 2 Kgs. 9:8; 14:26
- Deuteronomy 32:37 : Judg. 10:14; 1 Kgs. 18:27; Jer. 2:28
- Deuteronomy 32:37 : [ver. 31]
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : Isa. 41:4; 48:12
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1 Sam. 2:6; 2 Kgs. 5:7
- Deuteronomy 32:39 : Job 5:18; Hos. 6:1
- Deuteronomy 32:40 : See Gen. 14:22
- Deuteronomy 32:41 : Ps. 7:12; Isa. 27:1; 34:5; 66:16; Ezek. 21:9, 10
- Deuteronomy 32:42 : Jer. 46:10
- Deuteronomy 32:42 : See Ps. 68:21
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : Cited Rom. 15:10
- Deuteronomy 32:43 : Rev. 6:10; 19:2; [2 Kgs. 9:7; Ps. 79:10]
- Deuteronomy 32:44 : Num. 13:8, 16
- Deuteronomy 32:46 : ch. 11:18; See ch. 6:6
- Deuteronomy 32:46 : See ch. 4:9
- Deuteronomy 32:47 : [Lev. 18:5]; See ch. 30:20
- Deuteronomy 32:49 : See Num. 27:12
- Deuteronomy 32:50 : Num. 20:24, 25, 28; 33:38
- Deuteronomy 32:51 : Num. 20:11-13; 27:14
- Deuteronomy 32:52 : ch. 3:27; 34:4
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1. 'Their rock is not like our Rock' (28-43)
God laments his people's lack of discernment: They foolishly turn away from him, the Rock that shelters them unlike idols. But even the idolatrous enemies know the God of Israel is mightier than the idols they worship. Idolatry is deadly like poison, bringing bitterness. Unless their Rock had given them up, Israel could never be defeated. God's use of foreign armies to subjugate his people was to help them see he is sovereign over the earth. There is no god besides himself, the living Creator God. He puts to death and gives life, and no one can deliver out of his hand. In contrast, idols are manmade.
2. They are not just idle words but your life (44-52)
This song, and all the law written before it by the hand of Moses, was to be kept and recited by his people regularly. Although Moses went up Mount Nebo and did not return, God's law has been given to his people, personally and directly, through Moses. These are not just idle words but life! These words point to the Word made flesh, Jesus who is our life.
Prayer: Father, you are the Rock, in whom we find salvation and shelter. Help me trust in you today.
One Word: Jesus is the Word of Life