Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:20
Children in whom is no faith - בם אמן לא lo emon bam , "There is no steadfastness in them," they can never be depended on. They are fickle, because they are faithless. read more
Deuteronômio 32:19-26 Nvt
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy - This verse contains a very pointed promise of the calling of the Gentiles, in consequence of the rejection of the Jews, threatened Deuteronomy 32:19 ; and to this great event it is applied by St. Paul, Romans 10:19 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:22
The lowest hell - תחתית שאול sheol tachtith , the very deepest destruction; a total extermination, so that the earth - their land, and its increase, and all their property, should be seized; and the foundations of their mountains - their strongest fortresses, should be razed to the ground. All this was fulfilled in a most remarkable manner in the last destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, so that of the fortifications of that city not one stone was left on another. See the notes on... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:23
I will spend mine arrows upon them - The judgments of God in general are termed the arrows of God, Job 6:4 ; Psalm 38:2 , Psalm 38:3 ; Psalm 91:5 ; see also Ezekiel 5:16 ; Jeremiah 50:14 ; 2 Samuel 22:14 , 2 Samuel 22:15 . In this and the following verses, to the 28th inclusive, ( Deuteronomy 32:23-28 ;), God threatens this people with every species of calamity that could possibly fall upon man. How strange it is that, having this law continually in their hands, they should... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be burnt with hunger - Their land shall be cursed, and famine shall prevail. This is one of the arrows. Burning heat - No showers to cool the atmosphere; or rather boils, blains, and pestilential fevers; this was a second. Bitter destruction - The plague; this was a third. Teeth of beasts - with the poison of serpents - The beast of the field should multiply upon and destroy them; this was a fourth: and poisonous serpents, infesting all their steps, and whose mortal... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:19
Verse 19 19.And when the Lord saw it. The seeing of God, which is mentioned here, has reference to His forbearance in judgment: as if it were said, that He does not act hastily, and is not alienated from His children, without having duly weighed their case; in the same way as it is said elsewhere: “Because the cry of Sodom is great, I will go down now and see whether” it is so, and “I will know.” (Genesis 18:20) Assuredly God has no need to make any examination, since nothing escapes His eyes,... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:21
Verse 21 21.They have moved me to jealousy. He now proceeds further, viz., that God, after having withdrawn Himself for a time, would, at length be the open enemy of the people, so as to repay them in kind. And he points out the mode of this retaliation, that as they had insultingly brought into antagonism with God empty phantoms and vanities, so on His part, He would exalt against them barbarous and worthless nations. This similitude is also taken from jealous husbands, who, when they perceive... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:22
Verse 22 22.For a fire is kindled in mine anger. He confirms what went before, but more generally; for He compares His anger to a burning fire, which should penetrate to the deepest abysses, and should utterly consume their land, so as not to spare the very roots of the mountains. This metaphor is, indeed, of frequent occurrence; but here more is expressed by it than in other passages. In the same sense also it is presently added, that God would spend all his scourges and arrows upon them;... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:24
Verse 24 24.They shall be burnt with hunger. He now descends to some particular modes of punishment, not, indeed, to enumerate them all, but only to adduce such specimens of them as to inspire the people with greater terror, inasmuch as mere generalities would not have sufficiently affected them. He mentions three especial scourges, pestilence, famine, and the sword, on which the prophets constantly dilate, when their object was to apply the Law to the actual use of the people, from whence it... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:19
When the Lord saw it, etc. - More literally, And the Lord saw it, and through indignation he reprobated his sons and his daughters. That is, When the Lord shall see such conduct, he shall be justly incensed, and so reject and deliver up to captivity his sons and daughters. read more