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Deuteronomy 31:17

in Deuteronomy 31

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

KJV

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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This verse in Deuteronomy 31

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then my anger shall be kindled, . . . and I will hide my face from them--an announcement of the withdrawal of the divine favor and protection of which the Shekinah was the symbol and pledge. It never appeared in the second temple; and its non-appearance was a prelude of "all the evils that came upon them, because their God was not among them."

This site's exposition

You will soon rest with your fathers

on Deuteronomy 31:16-18

God tells Moses what the nation will do before it enters the land. The words are those of a broken marriage, “prostitute themselves with the foreign gods”, and the judgment is withdrawal, “hide My face from them”.

This site's exposition

hide My face from them

One Hebrew verb, azab, stands behind the promise never to forsake at verses 6 and 8. It returns at verse 16 for the people forsaking the LORD, and here for God abandoning them. The God who promised to stay answers a people who left first.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): My anger shall be kindled against them, and I will forsake them. His providence would forsake them, no longer to protect and prosper them, and then they would become a prey to all their neighbours. His spirit and grace would forsake them, no longer to teach and guide them, and then they would be more and more bigoted, besotted, and hardened in their idolatries.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), which would be such manifest indications of God's displeasure against them that they themselves would be constrained to own it: Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? Those that have sinned away their God will find that thereby they pull all mischiefs upon their own heads.

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Hide my face - Withdraw my favour and help. Whatever outward troubles we are in if we have but the light of God's countenance, we are safe. But if God hide his face from us then we are undone.
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the Lord said unto Moses, . . . this people will rise up--In this remarkable interview, Moses was distinctly apprised of the infidelity of Israel, their corruptions of the true religion through intercourse with the idolatrous inhabitants of Canaan (Am 5:26), and their chastisements in consequence of those national defections.

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The words behind it

27 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְחָרָ֣הand it will burn

    vecharahH2734 →91 times

  • אַפִּ֣יanger my

    ʾapiH639 →276 times

  • ב֣וֹon <the> it

    vo

  • בַיּוֹם־on the day

    vaiyom-H3117 →2304 times

  • הַ֠הוּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞יםand I will forsake them

    vaazavtimH5800 →215 times

  • וְהִסְתַּרְתִּ֨יand I will hide

    vehistartiH5641 →80 times

  • פָנַ֤יface my

    fanaiH6440 →2123 times

  • מֵהֶם֙from <the> them

    mehem

  • וְהָיָ֣הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • לֶֽאֱכֹ֔לfor devouring

    leekholH398 →810 times

  • וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּand they will come upon it

    umetzauhuH4672 →455 times

  • רָע֥וֹתcalamities

    raotH7451 →662 times

  • רַבּ֖וֹתmany

    rabotH7227 →454 times

  • וְצָר֑וֹתand troubles

    vetzarotH6869 →

  • וְאָמַר֙and it will say

    veamarH559 →5305 times

  • בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day

    baiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַה֔וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • הֲלֹ֗א¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • עַ֣לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֵ֤יןnot

    ʾeinH369 →789 times

  • אֱלֹהַי֙God my

    ʾelohaiH430 →2601 times

  • בְּקִרְבִּ֔י[is] in midst my

    bekirbiH7130 →227 times

  • מְצָא֖וּנִיhave they come upon me

    metzauniH4672 →455 times

  • הָרָע֥וֹתthe calamities

    haraotH7451 →662 times

  • הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 14:42Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.5 worksJudges 6:13“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”5 worksIsaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.5 worksPsalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.5 works2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.5 worksJoshua 3:10He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 16:5Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.4 worksPsalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.3 worksIsaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.3 worksJeremiah 23:33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’3 worksDeuteronomy 29:24–27So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’3 works1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.3 worksIsaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.3 worksGenesis 44:29Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’3 worksPsalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?3 worksHosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!3 worksJeremiah 33:5The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.3 worksJob 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 8:17

    I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 10:36–39

      You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

    • Habakkuk 2:3

      For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

    • Lamentations 3:25–26

      The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

    • Isaiah 25:9

      And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…

    • Psalms 33:20

      Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 15:2

    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

    it leads to

    • James 4:8

      Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    • 2 Chronicles 24:20

      Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…

    • 2 Chronicles 15:4

      But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 31 →

This page draws on Hebrew text, Deuteronomy 31:6, 8, 16, 17; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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