Deuteronomio 32:40

40 Levanto la mano al cielo y declaro:Tan seguro como que vivo para siempre,

Deuteronomio 32:40 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up my hand to heaven
Which is a gesture used in swearing, ( Genesis 14:22 ) , and is ascribed to a divine Person, ( Ezekiel 20:5 ) ; and particularly to Christ the angel, that is so wonderfully described, ( Revelation 10:1-5 ) ; though sometimes it is used, as Aben Ezra observes, to excite the attention of hearers, but here it signifies swearing; and so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,

``I have lift up my hands with an oath to heaven;''

and to the same sense is the Septuagint version:

and say, I live for ever;
which is the form of an oath; when men swear, they are to swear, the Lord liveth, or to swear by the living God, and him only, ( Jeremiah 4:2 ) ; and when the Lord swears in this manner, he swears by his life, by himself, because he can swear by no greater; and his form of swearing is, "as truly as I live, saith the Lord", ( Numbers 14:21 Numbers 14:28 ) ; so the above angel is said to swear by him that liveth for ever and ever, ( Revelation 10:6 ) ; and since Christ is the living God, without beginning of days, and end of life, and lives for evermore, he may be thought to swear by himself, by his own life, which is for ever; and as the oath of the Lord is used in condescension by him, to confirm the faith of his people in the immutability of his counsel and promises, and to ascertain unto them the sure performance of them; so it is also used to assure wicked men of the certain performance of his threatenings; and it is as if Christ here said, as sure as I am the living God, and do and shall live for ever, I will most certainly do the things which next follow.

Deuteronomio 32:40 In-Context

38 ¿Dónde están los diosesque comieron la gordura de sus sacrificiosy bebieron el vino de sus libaciones?¡Que se levanten a ayudarles!¡Que les den abrigo!
39 »”¡Vean ahora que yo soy único!No hay otro Dios fuera de mí.Yo doy la muerte y devuelvo la vida,causo heridas y doy sanidad.Nadie puede librarse de mi poder.
40 Levanto la mano al cielo y declaro:Tan seguro como que vivo para siempre,
41 cuando afile mi espada relucientey en el día del juicio la tome en mis manos,me vengaré de mis adversarios;¡les daré su merecido a los que me odian!
42 Mis flechas se embriagarán de sangre,y mi espada se hartará de carne:sangre de heridos y de cautivos,cabezas de caudillos enemigos”.
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