Deuteronomy 32:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Israel's ungrateful return for the Lord's benefits. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Jeshurun. I. A GOOD NAME BELIED . Jeshurun, equivalent to righteous. An honorable name, but sadly falsified by the conduct described. How many Jeshuruns have thus forsaken the God of their early vows! Notice, a good name is of no account without the good character. Balaam praised Israel's righteousness, and wished to "die the death of the righteous" ( Numbers 23:10 , Numbers 23:21 ); but it is the being righteous, not the being called so, which makes the happy deathbed. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:15-18

The damager of worldly success. Success, when granted, bids for men's trust. They begin accordingly to insinuate that the reliable Rock who begat them is not the source of all success, and that the rill may be tracked to some nearer source. Hence new gods, novelties of man's imagination, or demons from the waste, grateful for even a false faith, are worshipped; and the ever-living and true God forgotten. Apostasy and skepticism, we would repeat, are born of luxury and success. Men think,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:15-25

Sowing and reaping. The connection between sin and suffering is natural, organic, and universal. Suffering, in some form, is the proper development of sin. Like the plants of nature, sin has its seed within itself. I. WE HAVE A CASE OF AGGRAVATED SIN . 1. It was a wanton abuse of special cloudiness . The splendid gifts of providence, which ought to have bound them by golden ties of obligation to God, were erected into barriers to shut out God from them. An inner... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:17

Devils ; shedim , a word which occurs only here and Psalms 106:37 . It stands connected with the verb שׁוּד , to rule, and means primarily "lords." The LXX . render by δαιμόνια , demons. In Assyrian it is said to be a name for demigods. Not to God ; rather, to a not God , a composite term in apposition to shedim ; the meaning is rightly given in the margin of the Authorized Version, "which were not God." To new gods that came newly up. The word rendered by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:18

Moses here returns to the thought of Deuteronomy 32:15 , for the purpose of expressing it with greater force, and also of leading on to the description he is about to give of the Lord's acts towards the nation who had so revolted from him. Thou art unmindful; LXX ; ἐγκατέλιπες : Vulgate, dereliquisti . The Hebrew word שָׁיָה occurs only here, and the meaning is doubtful. From the rendering of the versions, it would seem to be allied to the Arabic, see Arabic word, saha , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19

When the Lord saw how they had departed from him to serve idols, he abhorred (rather, spurned or rejected ) them in consequence of the provocation which their unworthy conduct had given him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-25

An unfaithful people provoked to jealousy by God. This paragraph is the antithesis of the preceding one. In form the expressions are archaic. The principles underlying these ancient forms of expression are for all the ages. In fact, there are few of the Old Testament passages which are more pointedly referred to in the New Testament; and none, the principles of which are more frequently reproduced. The various clauses are seriatim explained in the Exposition. We propose but to develop... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-27

A God provoked. Consider here— I. THE REALITY OF WRATH IN GOD . Let it not be minimized or explained away. "Instead of being shocked at the thought that God is wrathful, we should rather ask, With whom? and For what? A God without wrath, and a God who is wrathful on other accounts than for sin, is not a God, but an idol" (Hengstenberg). It is only, as this writer observes, when "man himself is not displeased with sin, when it assumes to him the appearance of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-33

Because of their rebellion. God would cast them off and visit them with terrible calamities. read more

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