Deuteronomy 32:1
GIVE EAR. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6. Compare Isaiah 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE EAR. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6. Compare Isaiah 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOCTRINE. Hebrew. _l_. _k_. _h_. First occurrence.. good teaching. MY SPEECH. the words of my mouth. AS THE DEW. Compare Micah 5:7. SHOWERS. First occurrence. Hebrew. _rebibim._ Elsewhere: Psalms 65:10; Psalms 72:6; Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 14:22.Micah 5:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Jehovah. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROCK. Omit "He is", and read "The Rock, His work is perfect". Used of Jehovah in this song five times (the number of Grace. See App-10), verses: Deuteronomy 32:4; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 4:31. Used twice in irony (App-6), verses: Deuteronomy 32:31; Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE, &C. The Nom., "generation", is put last by Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6), for emphasis, in contrast with "the Rock" of Deuteronomy 32:4, which is there put first. Compare Deuteronomy 32:20. Render the verse thus: "A perverse and crooked generation hath corrupted itself: [To be] no... [ Continue Reading ]
DO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF OLD, or, the days of long ago. Compare Psalms 77:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C. i.e. He foreknew His purposes concerning Israel. See Genesis 10:32. This was 200 years before Abraham. MOST HIGH. _'eley_. _n_. See App-4. DIVIDED. As an inheritance. Compare Deuteronomy 32:9. Hebrew. _nah_ al. to possess. See note on Deuteronomy 32:9. Not Hebrew. _palag_ (Genesis 10:25),... [ Continue Reading ]
LOT. line. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, because the inheritance was allotted by. cord or line. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:18; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 19:4.Micah 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM: i.e. Jacob. Emphasis on "him" marked by Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6), by which each clause ends with the same word. Here (in Hebrew) "him". "In. desert land He found HIM, He instructed HIM, In the waste howling wilderness, about, He led HIM, As the apple of His eye He kept HIM. " APPL... [ Continue Reading ]
STIRRETH UP. fluttereth. Same word as Genesis 1:2. NEST. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the young in it. Compare Exodus 19:4.Isaiah 63:9. WINGS. Hebrew. _kanaph:_ in which lie the _feathers_. WINGS. Hebrew. _'eber_: in which lie the _strength._ We may read verses: Deut... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM. Note Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6), each line ending with same word "him" in Hebrew and English for emphasis, as Deuteronomy 32:10. GOD. Hebrew. _el_. (See App-4.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE MIGHT EAT. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "caused him to eat". Hebrew text reads "And he did eat". INCREASE. Hebrew. _nub_, fruit from land. First occurrence. HONEY... OIL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species) for all delicious things. ROCK. Hebrew sel'a. a rock, as... [ Continue Reading ]
BASHAN. Confirming the promise of Deuteronomy 32:13 as to high or mountainous places. FAT OF KIDNEYS. white of the kernels. PURE. unmixed. BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for red juice, blood of grapes. Figure of speech _Catachresis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESHURUN. the Upright One. First occurrence. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the ideal Israel (Compare Deuteronomy 33:5; Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 44:2) as chosen by God. KICKED. trampled under foot. Hence, to contemn. Hebrew. _ba_. _at_. First occurrence. THOU. Note th... [ Continue Reading ]
Note the _Introversion_ of these four lines: From this, "abominations" generally means idols. JEALOUSY. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_. App-6. Compare Psalms 78:58. STRANGE. foreign.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVILS. demons. Hebrew. _shed._ First occurrence. Compare Psalms 106:37; 1 Corinthians 10:20. GOD. _'eloah._ See App-4. GODS. ' _elohim_. App-4. NEW. recent, lately. Hebrew. _karob,_ as in Judges 5:8. NEWLY. recently. FEARED. trembled at. Hebrew. _sa'ar_. Not _gur,_ reverence.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABHORRED. Compare Psalms 106:40. OF. Genitive of origin. the provocation produced by the conduct of His People.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIDE MY FACE. See note on Deuteronomy 31:17. FROWARD. perverse. Hebrew. _haphakpak._ First occurance.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTE THE _ ALTERNATION_ OF THE FOUR LINES, MARKED BY "JEALOUSY, ANGER, JEALOUSY, ANGER". not GOD. no _'el_. App-4. PROVOKED. Compare Romans 10:19. NOT. PEOPLE. no People. Compare Romans 10:19; Romans 11:11. See App-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL. _sh'eol_. SET ON FIRE. Hebrew. _lahat._ First occurrence.... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEFS. See App-44. ARROWS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. They are named in Deuteronomy 32:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNING HEAT. Hebrew. _resheph._ First occurance.. fever. SERPENTS. Hebrew. _zahal =_ to crawl or creep. First occurance.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHIN. from the inner chambers. DESTROY. bereave. MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCATTER THEM INTO CORNERS. disperse them, scatter as with the wind. The verb _pa_. _ah_ occurs only here. The Severus Codex (App-34) divides the one word _'aph'eyhem_ (disperse them) into the three words. _aph_,. _ey_, _hem_, "[I said] in anger, Where are they? " MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh_. mortals. App... [ Continue Reading ]
I FEARED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). BEHAVE THEMSELVES STRANGELY. mistake it. Hebrew. _naka_ r,. _Homonym_ with three meanings: (1) to mistake, Deuteronomy 32:27. (2) to acknowledge, Job 34:19. (3) to deliver. 1 Samuel 23:7. Both Authorized Version and Revised Version miss the firs... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNSEL. deliberation. Hebrew. _ya'az._... [ Continue Reading ]
O THAT. Figure of speech _Eonismos._ App-6. Compare Psalms 81:1; Psalms 81:3; Psalms 81:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE CHASE, &C. Compare Leviticus 26:8. Jos 23:10. 2 Chronicles 24:24.Isaiah 30:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, &C. Compare 1 Samuel 2:2, and note on Deuteronomy 32:4, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT THIS. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO ME. Hebrew text is _li_. "to Me", but Dr. Ginsburg thinks it is an abbreviation for _liyom,_ "for the day", as seems evident from Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and Septuagint, and from agreeing with the next line. So that verses: Deuteronomy 32:34; Deuteronomy 32:35 will read: "Is not... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGE. vindicate. Compare Leviticus 26:25.Judges 2:18; Psalms 7:8; Psalms 135:14.Jeremiah 51:6. POWER. Hebrew "hand". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for power contained in it. SHUT UP, OR LEFT. Hebrew. _az_. _b_, is. _Homonym,_ with two meanings: (1) to leave, or forsake, G... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. TRUSTED. Hebrew. _h_ asa. See App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BE. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Let them be".... [ Continue Reading ]
I, EVEN I, AM HE. Compare Isaiah 44:8. I KILL. Compare 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7. I WOUND. Compare Job 5:18; Hosea 6:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
I LIFT UP MY HAND. I swear. The lifting of the hand being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the thing signified by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWORD. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Revelation 19:15. JUDGMENT. justice, or retribution. Compare Isaiah 1:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARROWS. Figure of speech _Prosopopatheia._ App-6. DRUNK. devour. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6. FROM THE BEGINNING. from [the flesh] of the chief leader of. Note the alternation: "I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour much flesh; With the blood of the slain a... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE. Figure of speech _Poeanismos._ App-6. The song began with _Apostrophe,_ App-6, and thus ends, with the same Figure, Moses' eighth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:6. NATIONS. Compare Psalms 67:1. BE MERCIFUL. be propitious. Compare Joel 2:18; Romans 15:9. LAND... PEOPLE. the two great... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS SONG. This is the fifth and last contextual reference to "the Song of Moses". HOSHEA. the old spelling of Joshua. Later it was "Jeshua" (Ezra 2:2). This was adopted by the Septuagint, and ultimately became "Jesus".... [ Continue Reading ]
SET YOUR HEARTS. Moses' ninth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:6. THE WORDS. Not merely the Word of God as. whole, but the "words" of which it is made up. Compare Jeremiah 15:16; John 17:8; John 17:14; John 17:17. THIS DAY. See note on Deuteronomy 4:26. TO DO. Some codices, with one early print... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LAND. on the soil. The end of Moses' ninth address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Deuteronomy 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIE... BE GATHERED. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Mood), App-6. Imperative for Indicative. Compare Genesis 25:8; Genesis 25:17. AS AARON. according as Aaron. Compare Numbers 20:24; Numbers 27:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. Compare Numbers 20:12. TRESPASSED. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]