Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 32:1-42
Song of MosesIf Deuteronomy 32:1-3 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) Deuteronomy 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel;(2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God;(3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people.The Song differs signally in diction and idiom from the preceding... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:23
I will spend mine arrows upon them ; I will inflict on them so many calamities that none shall remain. The evils sent on men by God are represented as arrows shot on them from above. (Cf. Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Job 6:4 ; Psalms 7:13 ; Psalms 38:2 ; Psalms 45:5 ; Psalms 58:7 ; Zechariah 9:14 ; Homer, 'Iliad,' 1.45, etc.) read more