Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 31:29
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
29. after my death ] Readers of the Heb. text will compare with the position of this clause in the v. the construction in Deu 13:12 (13).
ye will surely corrupt yourselves ] See on Deu 4:16; Deu 4:25, and for another form of the same vb. Deu 9:12, Deu 32:5.
turn aside, etc.] Deu 9:12; Deu 9:16, Deu 11:28.
evil will befall you ] As in Jer 44:23; another vb. is used in Deu 31:17 ; Deu 31:21. For in the latter days see on Deu 4:30.
do that which is evil, etc.] See on Deu 4:25, where the phrase is also followed as here by to provoke him to anger. Cp. Deu 9:18.
work of your hands ] That is idols, Jer 25:14. Contrast work of thy hand in a good sense, Deu 2:7.
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For I know that after my death,…. Which was just at hand, some time after that, not immediately; this he knew by a spirit of prophecy, namely, what follows:
ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves]; their ways, works, and manners, and so themselves; corrupt the worship of God by making idols, and serving them, which is the corruption chiefly intended:
and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you: from the way of the commandments of God, which Moses had given them in his name, and in which they were directed to walk; but, as here foretold, would wander and swerve from them as they did:
and evil will befall you in the latter days; not only in the times of the judges, and in the time of the Babylonish captivity, but in their present captivity, as they call it; which shows that the following song has things in it which respect times at a great distance, and even the present ones, and yet to come:
because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands; their idols, idolatry being the evil chiefly designed, which is of all things the most provoking of the Lord.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) In the latter days.A not uncommon prophetical expression, used with some considerable latitude. It occurs for the first time in Gen. 49:1. (See also Num. 24:14 and Deu. 4:30. ) Some would refer it to the days of the Messiah, and make it almost a technical term. But a comparison of these few passages will show that it cannot be tied strictly to any one period.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Ver. 29. To provoke him to anger. ] Which is the greatest folly that can be; for are we stronger than he? Can we imagine to make our party good with him? Surely as Ulysses’s companions told him, when he would needs provoke Polydamus,
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May not we much more say so to them that will needs provoke the Lord, It is good for men to meddle with their equals, and not contend with him that is mightier than they?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I know. Compare Act 20:28, Act 20:29.
the latter days. Compare Gen 49:1 (Num 24:14). Used by Moses, Deu 4:39. Found also in Jer 23:20; Jer 48:47; Jer 49:39. Eze 38:16. Hos 3:5. Mic 4:1.
the work, &c, viz., idolatry and other evils.
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corrupt yourselves: Deu 32:5, Jdg 2:19, Isa 1:4, Hos 9:9, Act 20:30, 2Ti 3:1-6, 2Pe 1:14, 2Pe 1:15, 2Pe 2:1, 2Pe 2:2
and evil: Deu 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-28, Lev 26:14-46, 2Ch 34:24, Luk 19:42-44, Luk 21:24
the latter days: Deu 4:30, Gen 49:1, Job 19:25, Eze 38:8, 1Ti 4:1, 2Ti 3:1, Heb 1:2, 2Pe 3:3
Reciprocal: Deu 4:25 – corrupt Deu 9:12 – corrupted Deu 30:18 – General Jos 24:31 – served Jdg 18:30 – set up 1Sa 12:20 – turn not 2Ki 17:7 – sinned 2Ki 21:15 – since the day Isa 30:8 – the time to come Jer 23:20 – in the Jer 30:24 – in Jer 48:47 – in the latter Lam 1:5 – for Eze 9:9 – The iniquity Eze 38:16 – it shall be Dan 9:27 – that determined Zec 11:11 – knew Rev 9:20 – yet
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the {o} work of your hands.
(o) By idolatry, and worshipping images, which are the work of your hands.