Deutéronome 32:6-8 BDS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-6

Here is, I. A commanding preface or introduction to this song of Moses, Deut. 32:1, 2. He begins, 1. With a solemn appeal to heaven and earth concerning the truth and importance of what he was about to say, and the justice of the divine proceedings against a rebellious and backsliding people, for he had said (Deut. 31:28) that he would in this song call heaven and earth to record against them. Heaven and earth would sooner hear than this perverse and unthinking people; for they revolt not from... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:7-14

Moses, having in general represented God to them as their great benefactor, whom they were bound in gratitude to observe and obey, in these verses gives particular instances of God's kindness to them and concern for them. 1. Some instances were ancient, and for proof of them he appeals to the records (Deut. 32:7): Remember the days of old; that is, ?Keep in remembrance the history of those days, and of the wonderful providences of God concerning the old world, and concerning your ancestors... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise ,.... This is also a proper character of the Jews in the times of Christ, who are often by him called "fools", Matthew 23:17 ; being very ignorant of the Scriptures, and of the prophecies in them respecting him, setting up their own traditions on a level with the word of God, or above it; they were ignorant of the law of God, and the meaning of it; of the righteousness of God, of the righteousness of his nature, and of what the law... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations ,.... That went before the times of Christ, and the Jews' rejection of him, and observe the instances of divine goodness to them; as in the time of the Maccabees, whom God raised up as deliverers of them, when oppressed by the Syrians and others; and in the time of the Babylonish captivity, how they were delivered out of it; in the times of David and Solomon, when they enjoyed great prosperity; and in the times of the judges,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance ,.... In the times of Noah and his sons, in the days of Peleg, who had his name (that is "Division") from thence, Genesis 10:25 ; "the Most High" is a well known and proper, epithet of God; the dividing of the earth to the several nations of it, and giving to everyone their part and portion to possess and inherit, was the work of God; for though it was done by the sons of Noah, yet by the order, appointment, and direction of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High divided to the nations, etc. - Deuteronomy 32:8 ; and Deuteronomy 32:9 , says Dr. Kennicott, give us express authority for believing that the earth was very early divided in consequence of a Divine command, and probably by lot, (see Acts 17:26 ;); and as Africa is called the land of Ham, ( Psalm 78:51 ; Psalm 105:23 , Psalm 105:27 ; Psalm 106:22 ;), probably that country fell to him and to his descendants, at the same time that Europe fell to Japheth, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:6

Verse 6 6.Do ye thus requite the Lord. In order to expose the ingratitude of the people to greater infamy, he now begins to commemorate the benefits whereby God had laid them under obligation to Himself: for the more liberally God deals with us, the more earnest ought to be the piety awakened in our hearts; nay, His goodness, as soon as we have tasted of it, ought to draw us at once to Him. Now God, although he has been always bountiful towards the whole human race, had, in a peculiar manner... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:7

Verse 7 7Remember the days of old. This is an explanation of the preceding verse, for Moses again shows how God had acquired this people, viz., because he had chosen to separate them from other nations according to His own good pleasure. But, since the Israelites might be inflated by their present superiority, they are reminded of their origin, and Moses commands them not to consider what they now are, but also from whence they had been taken, and with this view he says, Remember the old times;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-6

God's vicegerent as poet. The true poet is God's messenger. He that sings not of truth and goodness is not a genuine poet; he is but a rhymester. As the swan is said to sing sweetly only in the act of dying, so, on the eve of his departure, Moses sings his noblest strains. I. OBSERVE THE POET 'S AUDITORY . He summons heaven and earth to hear. We read in ancient story that when Orpheus made music with his lyre, the wild beasts listened, and the trees and rocks of Olympus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-14

The fatherhood of God. In this first section of the Divine song, the predominating idea is God's fatherhood. It comes out in Deuteronomy 32:6 in express terms; it is implied in the care that is attributed to him for his children of Israel; it passes into the still tenderer idea of motherhood in the illustration of the eagle ( Deuteronomy 32:11 ); and may fairly be taken as the idea dominating the whole. It has been thought that the fatherhood of God is almost altogether a New Testament... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:7-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:1-14

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