John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be burnt with hunger ,.... This is the arrow of famine, Ezekiel 5:16 ; the force of which is such that it makes the skin black as if burnt, Lamentations 5:10 ; Onkelos paraphrases it,"inflated or swelled with famine,'which is a phrase Josephus F2 απο της ενδειας πεφυσημενοι , de Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 23. sect. 4. makes use of in describing the famine at the siege of Jerusalem. Jarchi observes, that one of their writers F3 R. Moses Hadarsan. interprets the words... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-25
The method of this song follows the method of the predictions in the foregoing chapter, and therefore, after the revolt of Israel from God, described in the Deut. 32:15, 16, here follow immediately the resolves of divine Justice concerning them; we deceive ourselves if we think that God will be thus mocked by a foolish faithless people, that play fast and loose with him. I. He had delighted in them, but now he would reject them with detestation and disdain, Deut. 32:19. When the Lord saw their... read more