Deuteronomio 32:23-33

23 Amontonaré calamidades sobre ellos
y los derribaré con mis flechas.
24 Los debilitaré con hambre,
alta fiebre y enfermedades mortales.
Les enviaré los colmillos de bestias salvajes
y serpientes venenosas que se arrastran por el polvo.
25 Por fuera, la espada los matará
y por adentro, el terror los carcomerá,
tanto a los muchachos como a las jovencitas,
tanto a los niños como a los ancianos.
26 Los habría aniquilado por completo,
habría borrado hasta el recuerdo de ellos,
27 pero temí la burla de los enemigos de Israel,
quienes podrían entender mal y decir:
‘¡Nuestro poder ha triunfado!
¡El Señor
no tuvo nada que ver en eso!’”
28 »Pero Israel es una nación insensata;
su gente es necia, sin entendimiento.
29 ¡Ay, si fueran sabios y entendieran estas cosas!
¡Ay, si supieran lo que les espera!
30 ¿Cómo podría una persona perseguir a mil de ellos
y dos personas hacer huir a diez mil,
a menos que la Roca de ellos los hubiera vendido,
a menos que el Señor
se los hubiera entregado?
31 Pero la roca de nuestros enemigos no es como nuestra Roca,
hasta ellos mismos se dan cuenta de eso.
32 Su vid crece de la vid de Sodoma,
de los viñedos de Gomorra.
Sus uvas son veneno,
y sus racimos son amargos.
33 Su vino es veneno de serpientes,
veneno mortal de cobras.

Deuteronomio 32:23-33 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.

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