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Text -- Deuteronomy 32:26-38 (NET)
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The Weakness of Other Gods
32:26 “I said , ‘I want to cut them in pieces . I want to make people forget they ever existed.
32:27 But I fear the reaction of their enemies , for their adversaries would misunderstand and say , “Our power is great , and the Lord has not done all this !”’
32:28 They are a nation devoid of wisdom , and there is no understanding among them.
32:29 I wish that they were wise and could understand this , and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”
32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand ; unless their Rock had delivered them up , and the Lord had handed them over ?
32:31 For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock , as even our enemies concede .
32:32 For their vine is from the stock of Sodom , and from the fields of Gomorrah . Their grapes contain venom , their clusters of grapes are bitter .
32:33 Their wine is snakes ’ poison , the deadly venom of cobras .
32:34 “Is this not stored up with me ?” says the Lord, “Is it not sealed up in my storehouses ?
32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips ; for the day of their disaster is near , and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!”
32:36 The Lord will judge his people , and will change his plans concerning his servants ; when he sees that their power has disappeared , and that no one is left, whether confined or set free .
32:37 He will say , “Where are their gods , the rock in whom they sought security ,
32:38 who ate the best of their sacrifices , and drank the wine of their drink offerings ? Let them rise and help you; let them be your refuge !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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MOSES |
Instruction |
Judgments |
Moab |
Poetry |
DEUTERONOMY |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
POETRY, HEBREW |
Death |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
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Songs |
Song |
Religion |
Backsliders |
GALL |
God |
Idolatry |
Wicked |
Asp |
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NET Notes: Deu 32:26 The LXX reads “I said I would scatter them.” This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT...
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NET Notes: Deu 32:31 Heb “their,” but the referent (enemies) is specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.
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NET Notes: Deu 32:32 Sodom…Gomorrah. The term “vine” is a reference to the pagan deities which, the passage says, find their ultimate source in Sodom and...
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NET Notes: Deu 32:34 Verses 34-35 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation.
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