Deuteronomy 32:16-43

161They made Him jealous with strange gods; 2With abominations they provoked Him to anger.173They sacrificed to demons, who were not God, 4To gods whom they have not known, 5New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not know.18You forgot 6the Rock who fathered you, 7And forgot the God who gave you birth.

19“8The Lord saw this, and spurned them 9Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.20Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them, 10I will see what their end will be; 11For they are a perverse generation, 12Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.2113They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their 1415idols. 16So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,2217For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of 18Sheol, 19And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23‘20I will add misfortunes to them; 21I will use up My arrows on them.2422They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by 23plague 24And a bitter epidemic; 25And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, 26With the venom of crawling things of the dust.2527Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- 28Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.26I would have said, “29I will wipe them out, 30I will remove the mention of 31their name from humanity,”27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “32Our hand is 33triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.”’

28“34For they are a nation 35destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.2936If only they were wise and they understood this; 37If only they would discern their 38future!3039How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their 40Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?31Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock; 41Even our enemies 42themselves judge this.32For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of 43poison, Their clusters, bitter.33Their wine is the venom of 44serpents, And the 45deadly poison of vipers.

34‘46Is it not stored up with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?3547Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; 48In due time their foot will slip. 49For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.’3650For the Lord will vindicate His people, 51And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their 52strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free.37And He will say, ‘53Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge?3854Those who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? 55Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection!3956See now that I, I am He, 57And there is no god besides Me; 58It is I who put to death and give life. 59I have wounded and it is I who heal, 60And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.40Indeed, 61I raise My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,4162If I have sharpened 63My flashing sword, And My hand has taken hold of justice, 64I will return vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.4265I will make My arrows drunk with blood, 66And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired 67leaders of the enemy.’4368Rejoice, you nations, with His people; 69For He will avenge the blood of His servants, 70And will return vengeance on His adversaries, 71And will atone for His land and His people.”