Deuteronomy 32:15-43

15“1But 2Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- 3Then he forsook God 4who made him, And scorned 5the Rock of his salvation.166They made Him jealous with strange gods; 7With abominations they provoked Him to anger.178They sacrificed to demons who were not God, 9To gods whom they have not known, 10New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread.18You neglected 11the Rock who begot you, 12And forgot the God who gave you birth.

19“13The Lord saw this, and spurned them 14Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.20Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them, 15I will see what their end shall be; 16For they are a perverse generation, 17Sons in whom is no faithfulness.2118They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their 1920idols. 21So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,2222For a fire is kindled in My anger, And burns to the lowest part of 23Sheol, 24And consumes the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23‘25I will heap misfortunes on them; 26I will use My arrows on them.2427They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by 28plague 29And bitter destruction; 30And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, 31With the venom of crawling things of the dust.2532Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror-- 33Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair.26I would have said, “34I will cut them to pieces, 35I will remove the memory of them from men,”27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “36Our hand is 37triumphant, And the Lord has not done all this.”’

28“38For they are a nation 39lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.2940Would that they were wise, that they understood this, 41That they would discern their 42future!3043How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their 44Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?31Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, 45Even our enemies 46themselves judge this.32For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of 47poison, Their clusters, bitter.33Their wine is the venom of 48serpents, And the 49deadly poison of cobras.

34‘50Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?3551Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, 52In due time their foot will slip; 53For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.’3654For the Lord will vindicate His people, 55And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their 56strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free.37And He will say, ‘57Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?3858Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? 59Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place!3960See now that I, I am He, 61And there is no god besides Me; 62It is I who put to death and give life. 63I have wounded and it is I who heal, 64And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.40Indeed, 65I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,4166If I sharpen My 67flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on justice, 68I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.4269I will make My arrows drunk with blood, 70And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired 71leaders of the enemy.’4372Rejoice, O nations, with His people; 73For He will avenge the blood of His servants, 74And will render vengeance on His adversaries, 75And will atone for His land and His people.”