Deuteronomium 32:37-47

37 Dan zal Hij zeggen: Waar zijn hun goden; de rotssteen, op welken zij betrouwden?

38 Welker slachtofferen vet zij aten, welker drankofferen wijn zij dronken; dat zij opstaan en u helpen, dat er verberging voor u zij.

39 Ziet nu, dat Ik, Ik Die ben, en geen God met Mij, Ik dood en maak levend; Ik versla en Ik heel; en er is niemand, die uit Mijn hand redt!

40 Want Ik zal Mijn hand naar den hemel opheffen, en Ik zal zeggen: Ik leef in eeuwigheid!

41 Indien Ik Mijn glinsterend zwaard wette, en Mijn hand ten gerichte grijpt, zo zal Ik wraak op Mijn tegenpartijen doen wederkeren, en Mijn hateren vergelden.

42 Ik zal Mijn pijlen dronken maken van bloed, en Mijn zwaard zal vlees eten; van het bloed des verslagenen en des gevangenen, van het hoofd af zullen er wraken des vijands zijn.

43 Juicht, gij heidenen, met Zijn volk! want Hij zal het bloed Zijner knechten wreken; en Hij zal de wraak op Zijn tegenpartijen doen wederkeren, en verzoenen Zijn land en Zijn volk.

44 En Mozes kwam, en sprak al de woorden dezes lieds voor de oren des volks, hij en Hosea, de zoon van Nun.

45 Als nu Mozes geeindigd had al die woorden tot gans Israel te spreken;

46 Zo zeide hij tot hen: Zet uw hart op al de woorden, die ik heden onder ulieden betuige, dat gij ze uw kinderen gebieden zult, dat zij waarnemen te doen al de woorden dezer wet.

47 Want dat is geen vergeefs woord voor ulieden; maar het is uw leven; en door ditzelve woord zult gij de dagen verlengen op het land, waar gij over de Jordaan naar toe gaat, om dat te erven.

Deuteronomium 32:37-47 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.