Deuteronomio 31:17

17 Entonces mi enojo arderá contra ellos. Los abandonaré, esconderé mi rostro de ellos, y serán devorados. Pasarán terribles dificultades y, en aquel día, dirán: “¡Estas calamidades nos han ocurrido porque Dios ya no está entre nosotros!”.

Deuteronomio 31:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day
As the anger of a man is against his wife who has treacherously departed from him: and jealousy, which is the rage of such a man, is very cruel; and much more the wrath and anger of a jealous God, who is a consuming fire:

and I will forsake them;
withdraw his favours from them, and his protection of them:

and I will hide my face from them;
take no notice of them in a providential way for good, nor hear their cries, to deliver them from evil:

and they shall be devoured;
by their enemies, or by the sore judgments of God, by famine, sword, pestilence, and evil beasts, they and their substance:

and many evils and troubles shall befall them;
both in their own land, and in other countries, where they would be, and have been carried captive:

so that they will say in that day, are not these evils come upon us,
because our God [is] not amongst us?
of which they would be sensible by their being exposed to their enemies for want of his protection, and by the evils upon them through his displeasure, and by their being deprived of the good things that came from him; but no intimation is given of their being sensible of their sins as the cause of all this.

Deuteronomio 31:17 In-Context

15 Así que el Señor
se les apareció en una columna de nube que se detuvo en la entrada de la carpa sagrada.

16 El Señor
le dijo a Moisés: «Estás por morir y vas a reunirte con tus antepasados. Cuando ya no estés aquí, los israelitas comenzarán a rendir culto a dioses ajenos, los dioses de la tierra a la cual se dirigen. Me abandonarán y romperán el pacto que hice con ellos.

17 Entonces mi enojo arderá contra ellos. Los abandonaré, esconderé mi rostro de ellos, y serán devorados. Pasarán terribles dificultades y, en aquel día, dirán: “¡Estas calamidades nos han ocurrido porque Dios ya no está entre nosotros!”.

18 En esos días esconderé mi rostro de ellos debido a toda la maldad que cometen al rendir culto a otros dioses.

19 »Por lo tanto, escribe este canto y enséñalo a los israelitas. Ayúdalos a que lo aprendan, para que me sirva de testigo contra ellos.