Berean Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 32:19-43

19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people;1 I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.222For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

23I will heap disasters upon them;I will spend My arrows against them.24They will be wasted from hungerand ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them,with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.25Outside, the sword will take their children,and inside, terror will strikethe young man and the young woman,the infant and the gray-haired man.26I would have said that I would cut them to piecesand blot out their memory from mankind,27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy,lest their adversaries misunderstand and say:‘Our own hand has prevailed;it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

28Israel is a nation devoid of counsel,with no understanding among them.29If only they were wise, they would understand it;they would comprehend their fate.30How could one man pursue a thousand,or two put ten thousand to flight,unless their Rock had sold them,unless the LORD had given them up?31For their rock is not like our Rock,even our enemies concede.332But their vine is from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are poisonous;their clusters are bitter.33Their wine is the venom of serpents,the deadly poison of cobras.

34“Have I not stored up these things,sealed up within My vaults?35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay.4In due time their foot will slip;for their day of disaster is near,and their doom is coming quickly.”

36For the LORD will vindicate His people5and have compassion on His servantswhen He sees that their strength is goneand no one remains, slave or free.37He will say: “Where are their gods,the rock in which they took refuge,38which ate the fat of their sacrificesand drank the wine of their drink offerings?Let them rise up and help you;let them give you shelter!

39See now that I am He;there is no God besides Me.I bring death and I give life;I wound and I heal,and there is no onewho can deliver from My hand.40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare:As surely as I live forever,41when I sharpen My flashing sword,and My hand grasps it in judgment,I will take vengeance on My adversariesand repay those who hate Me.42I will make My arrows drunk with blood,while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives,the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him,and let all God’s angels worship Him.6Rejoice, O nations, with His people;7for He will avenge the blood of His children.8He will take vengeance on His adversariesand repay those who hate Him;9He will cleanse His landand His people.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 32:21 Or not a nation; see also LXX. ↩
2. Deuteronomy 32:21 Cited in Romans 10:19 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 32:31 Hebrew; LXX but our enemies are void of understanding ↩
4. Deuteronomy 32:35 LXX; Hebrew Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; cited in Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30 ↩
5. Deuteronomy 32:36 Or will judge His people; see also LXX; cited in Hebrews 10:30 ↩
6. Deuteronomy 32:43 See DSS and LXX; MT lacks Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Cited in Hebrews 1:6 ↩
7. Deuteronomy 32:43 Cited in Romans 15:10 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS and LXX; MT servants ↩
9. Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX and Vulgate; MT lacks and repay those who hate Him ↩

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