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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 32:15-35

Moses' Song: Israel's Response

Deuteronomy 32:15

“Jeshurun” is a pet name for Israel, implying affection and endearment. The metaphor employed is derived from a pampered animal which, in consequence of rich and plentiful feeding, becomes mischievous and vicious.

Let us be warned by these denunciations against backsliding and willful sin. The greatness of our privileges will be the measure of the anguish of our doom. They who are exalted to Heaven by privilege must be cast down to Hades if they refuse and reject. The most fervent love becomes the hottest fire when it turns to jealousy. O my soul, it becomes thee to fear God as well as love Him. Remember Hebrews 10:26.

But what privileges await those who obey! When we abide in God, no enemy can stand against us. Five, strong in His miraculous fellowship, can chase a hundred, and a hundred, ten thousand. See Leviticus 26:8; also 1 Samuel 14:1, etc. God shows “Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him.” See 2 Chronicles 16:9.

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See also Deuteronomy 32:15-35 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 32:15. _JESHURUN_] ישרון the _upright_. This appellative is here put for Israel, and as it comes from ישר _yashar_, he was _right, straight_, may be intended to show that the people...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SONG OF MOSES If Deuteronomy 32:1 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1)...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE SONG OF MOSES CHAPTER 32:1-43 _ 1. The introduction and the theme (Deuteronomy 32:1)_ 2. The foolish people (Deuteronomy 32:5) 3. How Jehovah loved them (Deuteronomy 32:7

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Fulness and Apostasy of Israel 15  Jacob ate and was full, Fat waxed Jeshurun and kicked, Thou _wast_fat, thou _wast_plump, thou _wast_sleek! He forsook the God who had made him, And befooled...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The line (_And_) JACOB ATE AND WAS FULL is added by Sam. to the previous _v_., but by the LXX to this one to which it is more suitable; cp. Deuteronomy 31:20; Nehemiah 9:25. _Jeshurun_ Deuteronomy 33

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15. _BUT JESHURUN WAXED FAT, AND KICKED_— See the note on ver. 5. Israel is called _Jeshurun_ both here and in chap. Deuteronomy 33:5; Deuteronomy 33:26 and Isaiah 15:2. The word may be derived...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT JESHURUN WAXED FAT, AND KICKED: THOU ART WAXEN FAT, THOU ART GROWN THICK, THOU ART COVERED WITH FATNESS; THEN HE FORSOOK GOD WHICH MADE HIM, AND LIGHTLY ESTEEMED THE ROCK OF HIS SALVATION._ But...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    32:15 Jeshurun (b-2) The upright [people], ch. 33.5; Isaiah 44:2 . +God (c-26) Heb. _ Eloah_ . first occurrence, see Note, Genesis 1:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF MOSES The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness, He d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁמַ֤ן יְשֻׁרוּן֙ וַ יִּבְעָ֔ט שָׁמַ֖נְתָּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:1) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims the n...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (i) But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Beloved. Hebrew yeshurun, is supposed to be a diminutive of Israel, chap. xxxii. 5., and 26. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jeshurun, means the upright. But alas! how changed!...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15_But Jeshurun _(264) _waxed fat. _Moses here severely censures the ingratitude of the people, because when filled with delicacies, they began to wax wanton against God; for, according to the vulgar...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have the prophetic song, which is based on the foreknown fall of the people. First, it declares the perfectness of Jehovah, whatever may take place; it is Israel who have corrupted themselves (comp...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT JESHURUN WAXED FAT, AND KICKED,.... This is undoubtedly a name of the people of Israel; it is to be met with only in three places more, in Deuteronomy 33:5; it is generally thought to come from a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Ve...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jeshurun_ Israel is called _Jeshurun_, both here and chap. Deuteronomy 33:5; Deuteronomy 33:26; as also Isaiah 44:2. Some consider the word as being derived from שׁור, _shur, to see_, and think the a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Israel's Position and Apostasy...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-18 Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, "an upright people," so some; "a seeing people," so others: but they soon lost...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JOSHURUN, i.e. Israel, as is agreed by Christian and Jewish interpreters, whom he calls _right_, or _upright_, or righteous, (as the word signifies,) not that they were so indeed, but partly by way of...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words; of this song, until they were ended." It is not too much to say that one of the very grandest and most comprehensive sections...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun H3484 fat H8080 (H8799) kicked H1163 (H8799) fat H8080 (H8804) thick H5666 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TREACHEROUS NATURE OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR IS DESCRIBED (DEUTERONOMY 32:15). Deuteronomy 32:15 ‘But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked, You are waxed fat, you are grown thick, you are become sleek, The...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:15 JESHURUN means “the upright one.” It was a poetic name for Israel (see Isaiah 44:2) but is used sarcastically here....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal p...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So this is the song that Moses taught the children of Israel. And incidentally it was the first hit rock song. It is a song about the Rock. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye gre...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:29; 2 Samuel 22:47; Acts 28:27; Acts 9:5; Deuteronomy 31:16

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Jeshurun — Israel whom he calls right or upright, (as the word signifies) partly by way of instruction to mind them what they professed and ought to be; and partly by way of exprobration, to shew them...

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