申命記 32:29-43 JCB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:37

And he shall say, where are their gods ?.... Not the Lord shall say to Israel, upbraiding them with their idols and their idolatries; but, as the Targum of Jonathan,"the enemy shall say, where is the God of Israel?'and to the same purpose is, the Jerusalem Targum, and which is the sense of other Jewish writers F23 Aben Ezra & R. Nehemiah in Jarchi in loc. ; and the words may be rendered impersonally, and in the singular number, "and it shall be said, where is their God?" as it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:38

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings ,.... Alluding to the fat of the sacrifices under the law, which was claimed by the Lord as his, and represented as his food, Leviticus 3:11 ; and to the drink offerings of wine, which were of a sweet savour to God, and with respect to which wine is said to cheer him, Numbers 15:7 . Now New Testament worship and services are here expressed in Old Testament language, which is not unusual; see Isaiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, even I, am he ,.... Which words are directed to the people of God in their low estate, to look to Christ, and expect deliverance and salvation from him; or to their enemies that insult them, to the despisers, to look, and wonder, and perish, as they will, when the witnesses slain by them shall arise, and go up to heaven in their sight, Revelation 11:11 ; they are spoken by the Word and Son of God, to whom the Father has committed all judgment, and who will now rise up... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up my hand to heaven ,.... Which is a gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22 , and is ascribed to a divine Person, Ezekiel 20:5 ; and particularly to Christ the angel, that is so wonderfully described, Revelation 10:1 ; though sometimes it is used, as Aben Ezra observes, to excite the attention of hearers, but here it signifies swearing; and so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,"I have lift up my hands with an oath to heaven;'and to the same sense is the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:41

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 blade of it drawn out of the scabbard, cleaned and polished, whetted and made sharp, that it may more easily penetrate and pierce; and this, being brandished, glitters like lightning, as the word used signifies. Whetting the sword is a preparation for doing execution with it; and is a warning, a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood ,.... Signifying, that by various judgments he would bring upon them, which, like arrows, would come suddenly, fly swiftly, and pierce deeply, there would be a prodigious effusion of blood like that in Revelation 14:20 ; so that these arrows, which cause it, being plunged and soaked, and covered in it, may be said to be inebriated with it, just as the sword is said to be bathed and filled with blood, Isaiah 34:5 ; which prophecy respects the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:43

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people ,.... Or, "rejoice, ye nations", who are "his" people; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; the Gentiles, who are the Lord's chosen and covenant people, redeemed and called, and the fulness of them now brought in, and so matter of great rejoicing; or rather, as the Septuagint, which is approved and confirmed by the Apostle Paul, "rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people", Romans 15:10 ; and as it is there applied to the then state of the Christian... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:29

That they would consider their latter end! - אחריתם archaritham , properly, their latter times - the glorious days of the Messiah, who, according to the flesh, should spring up among them. Should they carefully consider this subject, and receive the promised Savior, they would consequently act as persons under infinite obligations to God; his strength would be their shield, and then: - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:30

How should one chase a thousand - If therefore they had not forgotten their Rock, God their author and defense, it could not possibly have come to pass that a thousand of them should flee before one of their enemies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock - The gods and pretended protectors of the Romans. Is not as our Rock - Have neither power nor influence like our God. Our enemies themselves being judges - For they often acknowledged the irresistible power of that God who fought for Israel. See Exodus 14:25 ; Numbers 23:8-12 , Numbers 23:19-21 ; 1 Samuel 4:8 . There is a passage in Virgil, Eclog. iv., ver. 58, very similar to this saying of Moses: - Pan Deus Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:43

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:31

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