Deuteronomy 32:19
in Deuteronomy 32When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
KJV
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWhen the Lord saw it, etc. - More literally, And the Lord saw it, and through indignation he reprobated his sons and his daughters. That is, When the Lord shall see such conduct, he shall be justly incensed, and so reject and deliver up to captivity his sons and daughters.
This site's exposition
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them
on Deuteronomy 32:19-21
Verse 21 is an exchange, a no-god answered by “those who are not a people”, with the same two verbs on both sides. Paul quotes the second half at Romans 10:19 of the Gentiles hearing what Israel did not.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And when the Lord saw it,....
A promise of the destruction of their enemies and oppressors at last, and the glorious deliverance of a remnant of Israel,
Sin makes us odious in the sight of the holy God; and no sinners are so loathsome to him as those that he has called, and that have called themselves, his sons and his daughters, and yet have been provoking to him. Note, The nearer any are to God in profession the more noisome are they to him if they are defiled in a sinful way, Ps. cvi.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיִּנְאָ֑ץ | vaiyinatz | and he spurned | H5006 → | |
| מִכַּ֥עַס | mikaas | from [the] provocation of | H3708 → | |
| בָּנָ֖יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבְנֹתָֽיו׃ | uvenotav | and daughters his | H1323 → | 588 times |
וַיַּ֥רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיִּנְאָ֑ץand he spurned
vaiyinatzH5006 →
מִכַּ֥עַסfrom [the] provocation of
mikaasH3708 →
בָּנָ֖יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וּבְנֹתָֽיו׃and daughters his
uvenotavH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 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.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Micah 1:2
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
- Psalms 50:4
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Through
Psalms 5:4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
it leads to
- Psalms 11:5
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He…
- Psalms 11:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
