John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods ,.... Or "with others" F8 בזרים "per alios", Cocceius. ; the word "gods" is not in the text, nor were the Jews guilty of worshipping strange gods or idols in the times of Christ, nor had they been from the time of their coming out of the Babylonish captivity; but the word, as Cocceius observes, is used for "another", as in Job 19:27 ; and signifies other saviours, other messiahs, whom the Jews set up when they rejected Christ, the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:15-18
We have here a description of the apostasy of Israel from God, which would shortly come to pass, and to which already they had a disposition. One would have thought that a people under so many obligations to their God, in duty, gratitude, and interest, would never have turned from him; but, alas! they turned aside quickly. Here are two great instances of their wickedness, and each of them amounted to an apostasy from God:? I. Security and sensuality, pride and insolence, and the other common... read more