Deuteronomy 32:5

The Charge Is Made Against the Covenant Breakers (Deuteronomy 32:5).

Deuteronomy 32:5

“They have dealt corruptly with him,

Not his children,

The result of their blemish;

A perverse and crooked generation.”

In contrast with Yahweh's faithfulness and reliability are His people. They have dealt corruptly with him, being deceitful, unreliable and untrustworthy. They are ‘not His children' (compare Hosea 1:10; Hosea 2:23), that is, not behaving like Him or revealing Him in their lives. As a result of their blemish, which is in contrast with His perfection, they are a perverse and crooked generation, unreliable and twisted, not fit to be seen as His children. For ‘blemish' (disfiguring spot) compare Job 11:15; Job 31:7; Proverbs 9:7.