The song of Moses. ‘Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth’. A covenant lawsuit in verse. The Rock of Israel; his work is perfect; his ways are judgment. Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. The LORD will provoke them with a foolish nation; fire kindled to the lowest hell; arrows drunk with blood. ‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal’ (32:39). Vengeance is mine, and recompence. ‘Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people’. Cited in Rom 15:10. Moses teaches the song so that Israel cannot unlearn it. ‘Get thee up into this mountain … and die in the mount’.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Law · Moses — Deuteronomy overview

A. 1–6 Hear, O heavens — doctrine dropping like rain
B. 7–14 He found him in a desert land
C. 15–25 Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked
D. 26–43 Vengeance is mine — and mercy to his land
E. 44–47 It is not a vain thing; it is your life
F. 48–52 Climb Nebo and see the land you may not enter

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Deuteronomy 324 verses
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- Deuteronomy 32:5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
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Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
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Psalms 783 verses
- Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Psalms 78:52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
- Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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Hosea 133 verses
- Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
- Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Hosea 13:12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
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Jeremiah 23 verses
- Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
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Leviticus 263 verses
- Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
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Isaiah 632 verses
- Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
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Psalms 812 verses
- Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.