Bible Commentary

Of the Rock [that] begot thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 18. Rock ] See on Deu 32:4; God, Heb. ’El. The predicates used of Him are generally interpreted as if attributing to Him the functions both of father and mother. But the first vb. is more usually in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:18”

They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 17. demons ] Heb. shedm, only here and in Psa 106:37, ‘certainly a Babylonian loan-word,’ shedu, a good demon figured in the bull-colossi that guarded the entrances to temples (Zimmern, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:17”

They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger. 16. moved him to jealousy ] This form of the vb. is found only here, and in Deu 32:21 b, Psa 78:58; another form in Deu 32:21 a. On God’s jealousy see Deu 4:24. strange ] Jer 2:25; Jer 3:13. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:16”

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 15. The line ( And) Jacob ate and was full is added by Sam. to the previous v., but by the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:15”

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 14. Curd of kine ] Fermented milk, Ar. leben. fat of lambs and of rams ] So LXX, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:14”

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 13. ride on the heights ] Cp. Amo 4:12. and to eat of the fruit of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:13”

[So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him. 12. did lead him ] Still the imperf. for vividness. strange ] Not the adj. in Deu 32:16, but foreign, Deu 15:3, Deu 31:16. 13  He made him to ride the highlands, And to eat of the fruit of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:12”

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 11. eagle ] Heb. nesher, see on Deu 14:12; Deu 14:17; not her nest or young, but his, the father bird’s; Exo 19:4, cp. above Deu 1:31. Spreadeth his wings, doth catch them, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:11”

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 10  In a desert land He found him, In the void and howl of the waste. He swept around him, He scanned him, As the pupil … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:10”

For the LORD’s portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance. 9. portion ] Or lot; in Deu 12:12 with inheritance. his people ] LXX removes Jacob to this line, and to the end of the following adds Israel. In that case his people is superfluous both to the sense and to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 32:9”