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Deuteronomy 32:16-43

16They moved him to jealousy with strangeH2114 gods;With abominationsH8441 provokedH3707 they him to angerH3707.17They sacrificedH2076 unto demonsH7700, which were no GodH430,To godsH430 that they knewH3045 not,To newH2319godsH430that cameH935 up of late,Which your fathersH1 dreaded not.18Of the RockH6697 that begat thee thou art unmindful,And hast forgottenH7911 GodH410 that gaveH3205 thee birthH3205.19And Jehovah sawH7200it, and abhorred them,Because of the provocation of his sonsH1121 and his daughtersH1323.20And he saidH559, I will hideH5641 my faceH6440 from them,I will seeH7200 what their endH319 shall be:For they are a very perverseH8419 generationH1755,ChildrenH1121 in whom is no faithfulness.21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not GodH410;They have provokedH3707 me to angerH3707 with their vanitiesH1892:And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a peopleH5971;I will provokeH3707 them to angerH3707 with a foolishH5036 nationH1471.22For a fireH784 is kindled in mine angerH639,And burneth unto the lowest SheolH7585,And devoureth the earthH776 with its increase,And setteth on fireH784 the foundationsH4146 of the mountainsH2022.23I will heap evils upon them;I will spend mine arrowsH2671 upon them:24They shall bewasted with hungerH7458, and devoured with burning heatAnd bitter destructionH6986;And the teethH8127 of beasts will I sendH7971 upon them,With the poison of crawling things of the dustH6083.25Without shall the swordH2719 bereaveH7921,And in the chambersH2315 terrorH367;It shall destroyboth youngH970 manH376 and virginH1330,The suckling with the manH376 of grayH7872 hairsH7872.26I saidH559, I would scatter them afar,I would make the remembranceH2143 of them to ceaseH7673 from among men;27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemyH341,LestH6435 their adversaries should judge amiss,LestH6435 they should sayH559, Our handH3027 is exaltedH7311,And Jehovah hath not done all this.28For they are a nationH1471 void of counselH6098,And there is no understandingH8394 in them.29Oh that they were wiseH2449, that they understoodH995 this,That they would considerH995 their latterH319 endH319!30HowH349 should oneH259 chase a thousandH505,And twoH8147 put tenH7233 thousandH505 to flight,Except their RockH6697 had soldH4376 them,And Jehovah had deliveredH5462 them up?31For their rockH6697 is not as our RockH6697,Even our enemiesH341 themselves being judges.32For their vineH1612 is of the vineH1612 of SodomH5467,And of the fieldsH7709 of GomorrahH6017:Their grapes are grapes of gall,Their clustersH811 are bitterH4846:33Their wineH3196 is the poisonH7219 of serpentsH8577,And the cruelH393 venomH2534 of asps.34Is not this laid up in store with me,SealedH2856 up among my treasuresH214?35VengeanceH5359 is mine, and recompense,At the timeH6256 when their footH7272 shall slide:For the dayH3117 of their calamityH343 is at hand,And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.36For Jehovah will judgeH1777 his peopleH5971,And repentH5162 himself for his servantsH5650;When he seeth that their power is gone,And there is noneremaining, shutH6113 up or leftH5800 at large.37And he will sayH559, WhereH335 are their godsH430,The rockH6697 in which they took refugeH2620;38Which did eatH398 the fatH2459 of their sacrificesH2077,AnddrankH8354 the wineH3196 of their drink-offering?Let them riseH6965 up and helpH5826 you,Let them beH1961 your protection.39SeeH7200 nowH6258 that I, even I, am he,And there is no godH430 with me:I killH4191, and I make aliveH2421;I wound, and I healH7495;And there is none that can deliverH5337 out of my handH3027.40For I liftH5375 up my handH3027 to heavenH8064,And sayH559, As I live for everH5769,41If I whet my glittering swordH2719,And my handH3027 take holdH270 on judgmentH4941;I will render vengeanceH5359 to mine adversaries,And will recompense them that hateH8130 me.42I will makeH7937 mine arrowsH2671 drunkH7937 with bloodH1818,And my swordH2719 shall devourH398 fleshH1320;With the bloodH1818 of the slainH2491 and the captivesH7633,From the headH7218 of the leadersH7218 of the enemyH341.43Rejoice, O ye nationsH1471, withhis peopleH5971:For he will avengeH5358 the bloodH1818 of his servantsH5650,And will render vengeanceH5359 to his adversaries,And will make expiation for his landH127, for his peopleH5971.

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