Deuteronomy 31:14-23

Israel’s Rebellion Predicted

14 The LORD said to Moses, “Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.
15 Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
16 And the LORD said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.
17 And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’
18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.
19 “Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
21 And when many disasters and calamities come on them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.”
22 So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
23 The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”

Cross References 25

  • 1. S Genesis 25:8; S Numbers 27:13; Deuteronomy 32:49-50
  • 2. Numbers 27:23; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:1-9
  • 3. S Numbers 27:19
  • 4. Exodus 33:9-11
  • 5. S Exodus 33:9
  • 6. S Genesis 15:15
  • 7. S Exodus 34:15; Deuteronomy 4:25-28; Judges 2:12
  • 8. Judges 10:6,13; 1 Kings 9:9; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 19:10; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 19:4
  • 9. Deuteronomy 32:16; Judges 2:14,20; Judges 10:7; 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 22:13; Psalms 106:29,40; Jeremiah 7:18; Jeremiah 21:5; Jeremiah 36:7
  • 10. Judges 6:13; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Ezra 8:22; Psalms 44:9; Isaiah 2:6
  • 11. Deuteronomy 32:20; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 53:3; Isaiah 54:8
  • 12. Job 13:24; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 27:9; Psalms 30:7; Psalms 104:29; Isaiah 50:6; Jeremiah 33:5; Ezekiel 39:29; Micah 3:4
  • 13. Jeremiah 4:20; Ezekiel 7:26
  • 14. Numbers 14:42; Hosea 9:12
  • 15. ver 22
  • 16. S Genesis 31:50
  • 17. Deuteronomy 6:10-12
  • 18. Deuteronomy 32:15-17; Psalms 4:2; Psalms 16:4; Psalms 40:4; Jeremiah 13:25; Daniel 3:28; Amos 2:4
  • 19. Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16-17
  • 20. ver 16
  • 21. ver 17; S Deuteronomy 4:30
  • 22. 1 Chronicles 28:9; Hosea 5:3; John 2:24-25
  • 23. ver 19
  • 24. S ver 7
  • 25. Joshua 1:6
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