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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)...
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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
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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...
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_whet_ See on Deuteronomy 6:7. Jehovah as warrior, as often in later
prophecy, _e.g_. Isaiah 63....
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It is Destined for Israel's Foes
34 Is all that not stored with me,
Sealed in my treasuries,
35 For the day of revenge and requital,
What time their foot shall slip.
Yea, near is their day of d...
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THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:34-43
561.
What does God have laid up in His treasury?
562.
How is it possible to say of God that He repents?
563.
Are we to believe God takes some type of delight in bloods...
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_IF I WHET MY GLITTERING SWORD, AND MINE HAND TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT; I
WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO MINE ENEMIES, AND WILL REWARD THEM THAT HATE
ME._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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...
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MINE ENEMIES] the heathen....
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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
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FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND. — This is the form in taking an oath. (Comp.
Revelation 10:5.) The two verses may be connected thus: “For I lift
up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live for ever, if I whet my...
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אִם ־שַׁנֹּותִי֙ בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י וְ
תֹאחֵ֥ז...
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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...
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MOSES VIEWS WHAT OTHERS SHALL POSSESS
Deuteronomy 32:36
Sometimes God leaves us to ourselves that we may learn our weakness
and sinfulness. Then, when our power is gone and we seem destined to
be des...
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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...
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_Lightning, equally terrible and penetrating: fulminis acta modo.
(Virgil, \'c6neid ix.) (Calmet) --- Judgment, to punish with rigour my
declared enemies. (Haydock) --- These verses seem to regard the...
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When Moses had finished his song, which he delivered not only in the
hearing of the people, but particularly of Joshua, his successor, as
if that he might be a witness both for the LORD and for himsel...
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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...
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41_If I whet my glittering sword. _The conditional particle does not
leave the matter doubtful, or in suspense, but must be resolved into
an adverb of time; as though He had said, As soon as He should...
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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...
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IF I WHET MY GLITTERING SWORD,.... That is, I will do it as sure as I
live, if I do not, be it so and so; what that is is not said, but left
to be concluded. A glittering sword is a sword drawn, the b...
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If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I
will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate
me.
Ver. 41. _If I whet my glittering sword._] God first wh...
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_I lift up my hand to heaven_ I solemnly swear I will do what here
follows. It was the custom to stretch out the hand in swearing,
Genesis 14:22. _And say, I live for ever_ As surely as I live for
eve...
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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...
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if I whet My glittering sword, in the capacity of champion of His
people, AND MINE HAND TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT, namely, for the purpose
of carrying it out, I WILL RENDER VENGEANCE TO MINE ENEMIES, AND...
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Jehovah's Sentence and its Execution...
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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...
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39-43 This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape
can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror
indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revea...
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If once I begin to prepare for war, and for the execution of my
sentence. TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT, i.e. of the instruments of judgment,
of the weapons of war. A metaphor from warriors that take their
we...
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"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...
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Deuteronomy 32:41 whet H8150 (H8804) glittering H1300 sword H2719 hand
H3027 hold H270 (H8799) judgment H4941
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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,...
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HE THREATENS JUDGMENT ON HIS ENEMIES (DEUTERONOMY 32:41).
Deuteronomy 32:41
“If I whet my glittering (lightning) sword,
And my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to mine adversar...
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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...
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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...
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_See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no God with Me._
THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE
I. None but the Lord can would or heal.
1. The Lord alone can spiritually wound. It is the Holy Spirit’s
work to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Timothy 3:4; Deuteronomy 5:9; Deuteronomy 32:35; Exodus 20:5;...
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If I whet my sword — If once I begin to prepare for war and for the
execution of my sentence. Judgment — Of the instruments of judgment,
of the weapons of war. A metaphor from warriors, that take thei...