申命記 32:29-43 JCB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:30

Verse 30 30.How should one chase a thousand. Of all the many tokens of God’s wrath, he selects one which was peculiarly striking; for as long as God was on their side, they had put to flight mighty armies, nor had they been supported by any multitude of forces. Now, when, though in great numbers, they are conquered by a few, this change plainly shows that they are deprived of God’s aid, especially when a thousand, who were wont before, with a little band, to rout the greatest armies, gave way... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:32

Verse 32 32.For their vine is of the vine of Sodom. I think it was far from the intention of Moses, as some make it to be, to refer to the punishment which the Israelites deserved; but that he rather inveighs against their corrupted morals, and obstinate disposition. But metaphorically he calls them an offshoot from the vine of Sodom and Gomorrah, inasmuch as they resemble in their nature both those nations, as much as if they had sprung from them, just as grafts of the vine produce fruits... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:34

Verse 34 34.Is not this laid up in store with me? Although some explain this verse as relating to their punishments, as if God asserted that various kinds of them were laid up with Him, which He could produce whenever He pleased, it is more correct to understand it of their crimes. We are well aware that the ungodly, when God stays His severity, promise themselves impunity, as if His forbearance were a kind of connivance. Unless, therefore, He straightway lifts up His hand to chastise them,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:35

Verse 35 35To me belongeth vengeance. This passage is quoted to different purposes by Paul, and by the author (283) of the Epistle to the Hebrews, (Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30;) for Paul, with a view of persuading believers to bear injuries patiently, admonishes them to “give place unto wrath,” inasmuch as God declares vengeance to be His; but the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, proclaiming that God will be the avenger of impiety, confirms his declaration by this testimony. Hence it is... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:36

Verse 36 36.For the Lord shall judge his people. Some connect this sentence with what precedes it, and thus take the word judge for to punish, and the Apostle in the Epistle to the Hebrews, seems to support their opinion, inasmuch as he proves by this testimony how fearful a thing it is “to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews10:30, 31.) But there is no reason why the Apostle should not have accommodated to a different purpose what was set forth by Moses for the consolation of the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:37

Verse 37 37.And he shall say, Where are their gods? Commentators are here at issue, for some continue the paragraph, as if Moses were reporting the boastings and insults of their enemies in the afflicted state of the Church; whilst others consider it to be a pious exultation, wherein the faithful will celebrate the deliverance of the Church. If we suppose the enemies to be here speaking, it will be inconsistent that the word “gods” should be used in the plural number: besides, what follows will... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:39

Verse 39 39See now that 1, even I, am he. Those who attribute the preceding verses to the unbelievers, now introduce God speaking, as it were, abruptly, and asserting His glory, in rebuke of their blasphemies. But it is rather a confirmation of that holy boasting which He has just dictated to the believers, when God not only bids His people lift up their voices against the idols, but Himself comes forward to condemn the senselessness of the Gentiles; although the context clearly shows that He... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:40

Verse 40 40.For (293) I lift up my, hand to heaven. Others render it, “When I shall have lifted up my hand,” and read it connectedly with the foregoing verse, that God’s power in destroying and preserving will be manifest, if He raises up His hand to heaven. I do not doubt, however, but that it is the beginning of a new sentence, and that God thus commences, in order to affirm more strongly what He immediately adds respecting the future destruction of their enemies. If, however, any prefer the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:41

Verse 41 41If I whet my glittering sword. The conditional particle does not leave the matter doubtful, or in suspense, but must be resolved into an adverb of time; as though He had said, As soon as He should take up arms, the destruction of the enemies would be certain; not indeed that God wants arms for the overthrow of His enemies; just as when He adds directly afterwards, “When my hand shall have taken hold of judgment,” He does not mean that it ever is taken away from Him, or escapes Him,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:42

Verse 42 42I will make my arrows drunk with blood. In these words He describes a horrible massacre, as though He had said, There shall be no end to my vengeance, until the earth shall be full of blood and corpses. Elsewhere (296) also, God’s sword is said to be “drunk with blood,” as here His arrows, when His wrath proceeds to inflict great acts of carnage; and in the same sense it is here said to “devour flesh.” The second מדם, midam, some render, “on account of the blood;” and I admit that... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:30

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:37

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:39

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:41

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:42

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