Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 32:20
I will see — I will make them and others see, what the fruit of such actions shall be. No faith — No fidelity: perfidious, that have broken their covenant so solemnly made with me.
I will see — I will make them and others see, what the fruit of such actions shall be. No faith — No fidelity: perfidious, that have broken their covenant so solemnly made with me.
Verse Deuteronomy 32:20. _CHILDREN IN WHOM IS NO FAITH_] לא אמן בם _lo emon bam,_ "There is no _steadfastness_ in them," they can never be depended on. They are _fickle_, because they are _faithless_....
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)...
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
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...
HIDE MY FACE. See note on Deuteronomy 31:17. FROWARD. perverse. Hebrew. _haphakpak._ First occurance....
God's Vengeance 19 But the Lord saw and He spurned, From grief with His sons and His daughters. 20 -Let me hide my countenance from them, I will see what their end shall be. For an upsetting ra...
_And he said_ A gloss, it overloads the rhythm. LET ME HIDE, etc.] Deuteronomy 31:17 f. _their end_ Lit. _their afterwards_, see on Deuteronomy 4:30. _a very froward_, etc.] Heb. is stronger, _a gen...
_VER._ 20. _I WILL SEE WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE_— See on ver. 29. Houbigant renders it, _and I will see what shall happen to them._ When the Lord says, _they are children in whom is no faith,_ it is me...
THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:19-33 556. What is meant by the use of the word provocation? 557. What foreign people are meant in Deuteronomy 32:21? 558. Where is Sheol? Explain the use of this term here....
_AND HE SAID, I WILL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM, I WILL SEE WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE: FOR THEY ARE A VERY FROWARD GENERATION, CHILDREN IN WHOM IS NO FAITH._ And he said ... Certain words occur which make...
32:20 Children (e-25) Or 'sons'....
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...
NO FAITH] i.e. no faithfulness or fidelity. They have broken their covenant with Jehovah....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 32 V1 ‘Listen, HEAVENs, and I will speak. Oh earth, hear the words that I
A VERY FROWARD GENERATION. — Literally, _a generation of perversities._ CHILDREN IN WHOM IS NO FAITH. — Literally, _children!_ — _there is no relying on them._ (Comp. Deuteronomy 5:5.) Faith is not u...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר אַסְתִּ֤ירָה פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם אֶרְאֶ֖ה...
THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps, to refe...
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...
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...
From them. The Jews themselves acknowledged, in the siege of Jerusalem, that God had abandoned and given up to destruction his once beloved people. (Josephus, Jewish Wars vii. 8.) (Calmet) --- Conside...
The judgments here threatened, will be found in correspondence to their sin. They forsake GOD, and he withdraws the favor of his countenance from them. They provoke him to.jealousy with strange gods;...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID, I WILL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM,.... Now the Lord proceeds to pass sentence on the Jews for their ill treatment of his Son, and of his followers; which respects judgments that should come u...
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith. Ver. 20. _I will see what their end shall b...
_I will see what their end will be_ I will make them and others see what the fruit of such actions shall be. _No faith_ No fidelity. They were notoriously perfidious, and had so often broke their cove...
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 1 GIUE eare, O yee heau...
And He said, I will hide My face from them, withdraw His mercy, be inaccessible to all their pleading for mercy. I WILL SEE WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE, for their apostasy was bound to bring them everlast...
Jehovah's Sentence and its Execution...
GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words from...
19-25 The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the resolves of Divine justice as to them. We deceive ourselves, if we think that God will be mocked by a faithless pe...
I WILL SEE WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE; I will see and observe what will be the issue of all this, what will become of them at last; but this God doth not see only by way of speculation, but practically,...
"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...
Deuteronomy 32:20 said H559 (H8799) hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 see H7200 (H8799) end H319 perverse...
THE OVERLORD'S VERDICT IS PRONOUNCED (DEUTERONOMY 32:19). Deuteronomy 32:19 ‘And Yahweh saw, and abhorred, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. And he said, I will hide my fac...
CHAPTER 32 THE SONG OF MOSES. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against them,...
CONTENTS: The song and exhortation of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: The warning and consoling words of God sent down from heaven should sink into our hearts and soften them as t...
Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak._ This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died sin...
_A very froward generation._ THE FROWARDNESS OF UNBELIEF 1. Unbelief is a very froward thing, because, in the first place, it gives God the lie. Can anything be worse than this? God saith, “Believe o...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:20 HIDE MY FACE. Often, God’s punishment of sin is his withdrawal from the sinner (v. Deuteronomy 32:18)....
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...
EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and committed to writing, to re...
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...
2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:2; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 31:18;...