Deuteronomy 32:28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:26-38

After many terrible threatenings of deserved wrath and vengeance, we have here surprising intimations of mercy, undeserved mercy, which rejoices against judgment, and by which it appears that God has no pleasure in the death of sinners, but would rather they should turn and live. I. In jealousy for his own honour, he will not make a full end of them, Deut. 32:26-28. 1. It cannot be denied but that they deserved to be utterly ruined, and that their remembrance should be made to cease from among... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28

For they are a nation void of counsel ,.... This is said not of the Jews, whose character is given, Deuteronomy 32:6 ; and instances of their ingratitude, folly, and want of counsel and understanding, have been already mentioned, and punishment for the same inflicted on them, according to this prophetic song; so that the prophecy respecting them is issued, and another people are taken notice of, even their enemies, of whom the Jewish writers in general interpret these words, and what... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:28

Verse 28 28.For they are a nation void of counsel. The cause is assigned why God had almost blotted out altogether the memory of the people, viz., because their faculty was incurable: for He does not merely indicate that their conduct was rash and inconsiderate, because they lacked reason mid discretion: but that they could be by no means brought to their senses, and, in fact, that not one drop of sagacity existed in them. The proof of this immediately follows, viz., that the tokens of God’s... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-47

Vengeance and recompense. The reasonableness of the Divine jealousy being shown already, we can have little difficulty in recognizing the further reasonableness of the Divine vengeance. Paul's treatment of the question is concise and conclusive. "Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man). God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?" ( Romans 3:5 , Romans 3:6 ). Vengeance is recognized, therefore, as belonging to God's justice, which shall be called into play... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:20-28

The Divine mind influenced by reasons. Moses, in uttering this song, is "borne along" ( 2 Peter 1:21 ) by a power working through him and yet not of him, to make a most remarkable assertion in the Name of Jehovah; viz. that Israel's Deliverer was moved by fear of the wrath of the enemy not to destroy them altogether! How is this to be understood? Some might perhaps pass it over as a piece of obsolete anthropomorphism. So will not we. To us, many a sentence in the grand old volume,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:20-29

The pleading of Divine wisdom. The judicial anger of God is not an uncontrollable passion; it acts in harmony with infinite wisdom. The vast and varied interests of all God's creatures are tenderly considered in the act of judicial retribution. We have here— I. GOD 'S ESTIMATE OF HUMAN DESERT . Were guilty men alone to be considered, no penalty would be too severe as the award for their high-handed offences. Every vestige of merit has disappeared. The consensus of all righteous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28-29

The true wisdom. Consider— I. IN WHAT WISDOM CONSISTS . 1. The choice of right ends. 2. Of right means to secure these ends. 3. In harmony with a just and proportioned view of all the circumstances of our situation. When essential circumstances are omitted in the calculation, when the horizon is unduly narrowed, when all-important factors of the situation are left wholly out of account,—it is vain to speak of wisdom. Absolutely, and as regards our standing as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28-33

The cause of Israel's rejection was that they were a people utterly destitute of counsel and without understanding. Had they been wise, they would have looked to the end, and acted in a way conducive to their own welfare, instead of rushing upon ruin. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 32:1-42

Song of MosesIf Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely,(1) Deuteronomy 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel;(2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God;(3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people.The Song differs signally in diction and idiom from the preceding... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:26-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 32:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:19-47

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:20-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:20-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:28-33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 32:1-42

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