Deuternomium 32:11-21

11 Wie der Adler sein Nest aufstört, über seinen Jungen schwebt, seine Flügel ausbreitet, sie aufnimmt, sie trägt auf seinen Schwingen;

12 so leitete ihn Jehova allein, und kein fremder Gott war mit ihm.

13 Er ließ ihn einherfahren auf den Höhen der Erde, und er aß den Ertrag des Feldes; und er ließ ihn Honig saugen aus dem Felsen und Öl aus dem Kieselfelsen;

14 geronnene Milch der Kühe und Milch der Schafe, samt dem Fette der Mastschafe und Widder, der Söhne Basans, und der Böcke, samt dem Nierenfett des Weizens; und der Traube Blut trankest du, feurigen Wein.

15 Da ward Jeschurun fett und schlug aus; du wurdest fett, dick, feist! Und er verließ Gott, der ihn gemacht hatte, und verachtete den Fels seiner Rettung.

16 Sie reizten ihn zur Eifersucht durch fremde Götter, durch Greuel erbitterten sie ihn.

17 Sie opferten den Dämonen, die Nicht-Gott sind, Göttern, die sie nicht kannten, neuen, die vor kurzem aufgekommen waren, die eure Väter nicht verehrten.

18 Den Felsen, der dich gezeugt, vernachlässigtest du, und vergaßest den Gott, der dich geboren.

19 Und Jehova sah es und verwarf sie, vor Unwillen über seine Söhne und seine Töchter.

20 Und er sprach: Ich will mein Angesicht vor ihnen verbergen, will sehen, was ihr Ende sein wird; denn ein Geschlecht voll Verkehrtheit sind sie, Kinder, in denen keine Treue ist.

21 Sie haben mich zur Eifersucht gereizt durch Nicht-Götter, haben mich erbittert durch ihre Nichtigkeiten; so will auch ich sie zur Eifersucht reizen durch ein Nicht-Volk, durch eine törichte Nation will ich sie erbittern.

Deuternomium 32:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 32

This chapter contains the song mentioned and referred to in the former, the preface to it, De 32:1-3; the character of the divine and illustrious Person it chiefly respects, De 32:4; the ingratitude of the people of the Jews to him, who were a crooked and perverse generation, aggravated by his having bought, made, and established them, De 32:5,6; and which is further aggravated by various instances of divine goodness to them, first in providing and reserving a suitable country for them, at the time of the division of the earth to the sons of men, with the reason of it, De 32:7-9; then by what the Lord did for them in the wilderness, De 32:10-12; after that in the land of Canaan, where they enjoyed plenty of all good things, and in the possession of which they were, when the illustrious Person described appeared among them, De 32:13,14; and then the sin of ingratitude to him, before hinted at, is fully expressed, namely, lightly esteeming the rock of salvation, the Messiah, De 32:15; nor could they stop here, but proceed to more ungodliness, setting up other messiahs and saviours, which were an abomination to the Lord, De 32:16; continuing sacrifices when they should not, which were therefore reckoned no other than sacrifices to demons, and especially the setting up of their new idol, their own righteousness, was highly provoking; and by all this they clearly showed they had forgot the rock, the Saviour, De 32:17,18; wherefore, for the rejection of the Messiah and the, persecution of his followers, they would be abhorred of God, De 32:19; who would show his resentment by the rejection of them, by the calling of the Gentiles, and by bringing the nation of the Romans upon them, De 32:20,21; whereby utter ruin and destruction in all its shapes would be brought upon them, De 32:22-25; and, were it not for the insolence of their adversaries, would be entirely destroyed, being such a foolish and unwise people, which appears by not observing what the enemies of the Messiah themselves allow, that there is no rock like him, whom they despised, De 32:26-31; which enemies are described, and the vengeance reserved for them pointed out, De 32:32-35; and the song closed with promises of grace and mercy to the Lord's people, and wrath and ruin to his and their enemies, on which account all are called upon to rejoice in the latter day, De 32:36-43; and this song being delivered by Moses, the people of Israel are exhorted seriously to attend to it, it being of the utmost importance to them, De 32:44-47; and the chapter is concluded with a relation of Moses being ordered to go up to Mount Nebo and die, with the reason of it, De 32:48-52.