Deuteronomy 32 - The Song of Moses
Structure:
I. Introduction vv 1-6
a. Attention vv 1-2
b. Summary vv 4-5
c. Consider v6
II. Preciousness of Israel to God vv 7-12
III. Jacob's prosperity vv 13-15a
IV. The problem: Jacob gave up God vv 15b-18
V. God's response vv 19-27
VI. God's lament vv 28-33
VII. The Lord's vengence on Israel's enemies vv 34-43b
VIII. Atonement for Israel v 43c
Background (Deut 31:19-30):
31:19 "Put it in their mouths" so they can recite it without thinking.
31:21 "it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants" - As a nominal orthodox Jew, I did not know this song even existed. It seems that this song has been forgotten by today's Jews. Perhaps, just before the end of the age, the 2 witnesses, Moses and Elijah will restore this song into the mouths of the Jewish people ( Matt 17:10-11; Rev 11:3-6).
31:22 The song was written by Moses under the inspiration of the Spirit. God did not dictate the song to Moses, as is evident from the content (i.e. v4) and the pronouns used (i.e. v3).
31:23 It is strange that this verse switches the "he" to refer to the Lord rather than Moses. LXX ends the verse with "which the Lord swore to them, and He will be with you." SP agrees with MT. DSS does not preserve this verse.
31:28-29 This is a summary of the song to follow.
The Song of Moses
This song is called the Song of Moses by Jews and Christians, but is not clearly designated so in the Bible. In Revelation 15, those who overcome the beast will sing "the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb".
Is the song of Moses in Rev 15 this song? I think it must be a song in the Bible. The only other possibilities are Exo 15, which Jews call "the song by the Red Sea" or Psalm 90 "a prayer through Moses the man of God".
The Bible does not say that the song in Exo 15 was written by Moses, just that it was sung by Moses and the children of Israel, whereas the song in Deut 32 is clearly written by Moses on the day he is to depart this life. Exo 15 is a song at the beginning of Moses' ministry, and Deut 32 is a song at the end, to be recited for posterity. Deut 32 is a far more weighty song than Exo 15. Also Exo 15 is specific to the parting of the Red Sea, but Deut 32 covers all the way to the end of the age.
Psalm 90 is "a prayer ( tefila) of Moses", not "a song ( sheer)". It is a great prayer to live a godly life in this age, but not a victory song of praise as would fit Rev 15.
It seems to me that the song of Moses in Rev 15 must be Deut 32, but Deut 32 is a prophecy of the history of the Jewish people. Why would Christians, mainly Gentile, sing this song at the time of their victory over the Beast? It may be that the singers are Jews who get saved during the great tribulation, but that is too speculative, without enough Biblical basis. Or it may be that this song applies in some way to the church also, i.e. that the church forsook God due to prosperity, but these overcomers overcame the Beast and his persecution, not degradation of the church.
I think the overcomers in Rev 15 just sing the end of the Song of Moses (vv34-43 or 28-43), which refers to God's vengence on the nations that persecuted God's People (Israel and Christians), which vengence will happen at Armageddon. The last verse of the song says, Rejoice Gentiles with His people, which is quoted in Rom 15:10 as referring to the church, which happens in Rev 15.
I. Introduction vv 1-6
v1 lit the words of my mouth
This introduction tells us that this is a monumental song.
v2 this is a gentle and mournful song
v4 - Seven times in this song, God is called the Rock (vv 4, 13 x2, 15, 18, 30 & 31). You can trust in Him. He never changes. He still loves Israel as in vv 7-13 and He still requires righteousness.
This song primarily reveals to us God's greatness through His faithful dealing to His people. ( Rom 11:32-36)
v5 - This song secondarily reveals to us God's people's unfaithfulness to Him.
v6 - lit. people foolish and not wise
II. Preciousness of Israel to God vv 7-12
v7 - lit. Consider the years of generation to generation
v8 "bound'ry" is literally "inheritance"
Septuagint (LXX) and Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) say "sons of God". Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) and Masoretic Text (MT) say "sons of Israel". Either way, this includes the New Testament people of God.
v9 LXX and SP say both "Israel" and "Jacob". MT says only "Jacob". (DSS does not preserve this part of the verse.) "Israel" includes Old Testament Jews and New Testament Christians ( Gal 6:16). "Jacob" refers to the Jewish people during both OT and NT times ( Jer 30:7).
III. Jacob's prosperity vv 13-15a
v14 lit. cream of cows and milk of sheep
lit. fat of lambs, and rams of the sons of Bashan, and he-goats
v15 - Jeshurun is a name used only of Israel ( Isa 44:2). It means "upright one". LXX translated it as "beloved".
LXX and DSS have the phrase "So Jacob ate and was filled" which is not in MT or SP.
IV. The problem: Jacob gave up God vv 15b-18
v16 lit with strange gods. With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
v17 lit. They sacrificed to demons who are not God
V. God's response vv 19-27
v20 It is serious for God to hide His face from us. Things will only get worse after that. We must pray and take care of offenses so that God's face shines on us ( Ps 4:6).
v21 God says that He will provoke Israel to jealousy with what is not a people, that is with the Christians ( Rom 10:19; 11:11-14). The Hebrew word for "people" means a particular race. The Christians did not exist as a people but were born again as a new people ( Ps 22:31).
When I was an agnostic Jew, even though I did not know God, I knew that Jews were God's chosen people and thought that we inherently knew God better than the Gentiles. When I was invited to a gospel meeting and then over Christians' homes for dinner, I was amazed to see Gentiles who loved the God of Israel and the Bible with their whole heart. I did not see this joy among Jews, though I did know some godly Jews. I thought it wasn't fair. We Jews had been persecuted for so many years, and we have so many laws to keep, and here these Gentiles know You and love You and have Your presence! I did not understand the gospel message, but I was jealous of the Christians' lives. I tried to explain it away and I couldn't so I started searching the Bible.
The 2nd part of this verse, "With a nation void of understanding, I'll provoke you to anger", refers to the extremely foolish nations that the Lord will use to persecute the Jewish people.
v22 - This persecution of the Jews destroys the whole earth. Hitler's insane war against the Jews destroyed most of Europe, Africa and Asia.
v24 - The hunger and burning heat are caused by persecution. In Hitler's extermination camps there were extreme hunger and freezing cold, but not so much burning heat. That will happen in the future ( Rev 16:8-9).
"teeth of beasts" refers to the subhuman, beast-like persecutors of the Jews, the foolish nation whom the Lord uses to anger the Jews. Hitler, Himmler, Heydrich, etc & etc were beasts. The same is true of the Muslim jihadists.
"fury that crawls in dust" also refers to the absolutely evil, reptilian and utterly base persecutors of Jews. The Hebrew word "fury" here is Hamas. These terms ultimately refer to the Beast and his followers in Revelation ( Rev 11:7 etc).
v25 lit. From without the sword shall bereave them
The "choice man" and "virgin" are good people. The "suckling" is obviously innocent. All these would be murdered in the persecutions of the Jews. This is what has happened. The innocent and virtuous were not spared.
v27 - verses 26-27 should be very sobering. Three times in the wilderness (at the golden calf Exo 32 & Deut 9, with the 12 spies Num 14, and at Korah's rebellion Num 16), God said He would destroy all the children of Israel. He would still keep His promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by preserving Moses. In the 1st 2 cases, Moses intercedes with the reason given in this verse. This realization should be very humbling for both Jews and Christians ( Rom 11:21). We should never think that God needs us for His purpose. God can cause our remembrance to cease from among men.
VI. God's lament vv 28-33
v28 - Who is the nation here which despises counsel? Is it Israel's foes, continuing from the previous verse, who are the "foolish nation" that the Lord uses to persecute Israel? Or is it the Jewish people who are foolish and unwise ( v6)? Considering all the verses, I think this section refers to the foolish nations who are Israel's enemies.
v29 - "pondered their latter end" seems to apply more to the persecuting nation than to the Jews. The Jews are suffering and need to ponder their history, not their latter end. The persecuting nation is temporarily prospering. They need to consider God's judgment on all who persecute Israel, which judgment will take place at their latter end.
v30 - This verse could apply to the foolish persecuting nation or to the Jews. I think it applies more to the foolish nation, because it adds specifics to v27.
v31 - "their rock" is the object of the persecuting nation's trust, and "our Rock" is the Jews' God. The persecuting nation's rock does not determine any outcome here. It is Israel's Rock: if He is with Israel, they are protected, if He gives up Israel, then 2 gentiles will chase 10,000 Jews, which is what happened during the Holocaust.
v32 - Israel is likened morally and spiritually to Sodom and Gomorrah many times ( Isa 1:10; etc). At the time of the Lord's return, the whole world is of the moral condition of Sodom ( Luke 17:28-30). Just considering this verse alone, I would apply it to Israel because of all the references to Israel being like Sodom. But vv32-33 are followed by vv34-35 which clearly are concerning Israel's enemies. Therefore, I think vv 32-33 are also talking about Israel's enemies.
The gross sins of Sodom were shamelessness for sin ( Isa 3:9), pride, and not caring for the weak ( Ezek 16:49-50).
VII. The Lord's vengence on Israel's enemies vv 34-43b
v34-43b - is God's vengence against Israel's enemies
v37 - This refers to Israel's false gods and false things that they trusted in. All these will fail.
v38 lit. Let them rise up and help you that they may be protection over you.
v41 - Those who hate Israel = those who hate Me
v43 - MT and SP say: Rejoice gentiles with His people for He avenges the blood of His servants and renders vengence to His enemies and makes atonement for His land, for His people.
LXX says: Rejoice ye heavens with Him and let all the angels of God worship Him. Rejoice ye gentiles with His people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in Him for He will avenge the blood of His sons and He will render vengence and recompense justice to His enemies and reward them that hate Him and the Lord shall purge the land of His people.
DSS says, Rejoice heavens with Him and worship Him all you gods for He will avenge the blood of His sons and will render vengence to His enemies and will recompense those who hate Him and will atone for the land of His people.
Rom 15:10 Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!
Putting them all together:
Rejoice ye heavens with Him (LXX & DSS)
and all angels worship Him (LXX & DSS).
Rejoice Gentiles with His people (Rom & all but DSS)
and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in Him (LXX only)
for He will avenge the blood of (all)
His servants (MT, SP)
His sons (LXX, DSS)
and renders vengence (all)
and recompense justice (LXX only)
to His enemies (all)
and recompense those who hate Him (LXX & DSS)
and makes atonement for (all)
His people, His land (MT & SP)
the land of His people (LXX and DSS)
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Deuteronomy 32
Tune: The Sands of Time are Sinking 7.6.7.6.D
Background:
Deut 31: 19 "Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves,
and teach it to the children of Israel;
put it in their mouths,
that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
20 "When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey,
of which I swore to their fathers,
and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat,
then they will turn to other gods and serve them;
and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.
21 "Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them,
that this song will testify against them as a witness;
for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants,
for I know the inclination of their behavior today,
even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them."
22 Therefore Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
23 Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage;
for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which the I swore to them, and I will be with you."
24 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished,
25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying:
26 "Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God,
that it may be there as a witness against you;
27 "for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck.
If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD,
then how much more after my death?
28 "Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers,
that I may speak these words in their hearing
and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29 "For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt,
and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and evil will befall you in the latter days,
because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD,
to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands."
30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:
(Deu 31:19-30 NKJ)
Deut 32:1-43 The Song of Moses
1 1 Give ear, heavens, and I'll speak,
and hear, earth, my mouth's words.
2 My message shall drop as rain,
flow as the dew my word,
as on tender herb, the rain,
as show'rs upon the grass,
3 for the LORD's name I proclaim,
our God's greatness publish.
2 4 The Rock, His work is perfect
for all His ways are just.
A God true without deceit.
He's upright and righteous.
5 They dealt corruptly with Him.
They are not His children.
Their defect: they are crooked,
a perverse gen'ration.
3 6 Do you thus repay the LORD,
people foolish, not wise?
Is He not your dear Father,
who for you paid the price?
Is it not He who made thee,
and He established thee?
7 Remember the days of old
generations many.
4 Ask thy father, he'll show thee.
Thine elders will tell thee.
8 When the Most High assigned to
each nation its bound'ry,
when He man separated,
set bounds of the peoples,
'twas based upon the number
of the sons of Israel.
5 9 For the LORD's precious portion
is Jacob, His people.
The lot of His inher'tance
is His beloved Israel.
10 He found him in a desert.
In howling waste they cried.
Compassed him and watched o'er him,
the apple of His eye.
6 11 As eagle stirs up its nest,
over its young hovers,
spreads out its wings and takes them,
bears them on its feathers,
12 the LORD alone did lead him,
and no strange god beside.
13 Upon the earth's high places,
He did cause them to ride.
7 And he ate the field's produce,
from the Rock sucked honey,
and oil from the flint Rock,
14 milk from cattle and sheep,
lambs, rams and goats of Bashan
with fat kidneys of wheat.
And you did drink of pure wine,
the blood of the grape sweet.
8 15 So Jacob ate and was filled,
and Jeshurun did kick.
You were covered with fatness.
You became broad and thick.
He gave up God who made him,
and he lightly esteemed
the Rock of his salvation,
the God who him redeemed.
9 16 They moved Him to jealousy
with abom'nable gods.
They provoked Him to anger
17 with demons who're not God.
To strange gods whom they knew not,
to modern ones come up,
whom your fathers revered not,
18 and their Rock they forgot.
10 Forgot the Rock who bore thee,
the God who brought thee forth.
19 The LORD has surely seen it,
and them He did abhor.
Because of the provoking
of His sons and daughters,
20 My face I will hide from them
and see what will occur.
11 Children in whom is no faith,
a gen'ration crooked,
21 they moved Me to jealousy
with that which is no God.
They have exasperated
Me with their vanities.
I'll, with what's not a people,
move them to jealousy.
12 I'll with a foolish nation
provoke them to anger.
22 For a fire is kindled,
in My anger it burns.
It burns in the lowest hell,
consumes earth and its fruits,
sets fire to the foundations
of mountains it uproots.
13 23 I'll heap mischiefs upon them.
My arrows will them seek.
24 They'll be consumed with hunger,
devoured with burning heat.
And with bitter destruction,
and teeth of beasts 'gainst them,
with fury that crawls in dust.
25 The sword shall bereave them,
14 and in the chambers terror.
Both choice man and virgin,
the suckling and the aged,
26 I said, I'd scatter them.
I would cause their remembrance
to cease from among men,
and his provocations.
15 Lest their foes should construe it,
lest they say, It was us.
Our hand is high, and the LORD
has not done all of this.
28 For, lo, they are a nation
which counsel does despise.
Understanding's not in them.
29 Oh that they had been wise!
16 They would have understood this,
pondered their latter end.
30 How could one chase a thousand,
and two chase ten thousand?
Except their Rock had sold them,
the LORD delivered up.
31 For their rock's not as our Rock,
our enemies can judge.
17 32 Their vine's the vine of Sodom,
their fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are grapes of poison.
Bitter are their clusters.
33 Their wine's poison of cobras,
cold venom of vipers.
34 Is this not hidden with Me,
sealed among My treasures?
18 35 Vengeance is Mine, says the Lord,
and recompense Mine too.
The time when their foot shall slip,
calamity comes due.
The things to come will make haste.
36 The LORD judge His people,
and repent for His servants
when He sees pow'r is null.
19 There is none shut up or left.
37 Where are their gods?, He'll say,
their rock in whom they trusted,
38 who of their off'rings ate,
that drank of their drink off'ring?
Let them rise and help thee.
39 See now that I, I am HE,
and there's no god wth Me.
20 I kill, and I make alive.
I wound, and I will mend.
There is none that delivers
out of My sov'reign hand.
40 For I lift up My hand to
the heavens and utter,
as I do live forever,
41 I have sharpened My sword!
21 My hand takes hold of judgment.
I will render vengence.
To My foes, them that hate Me,
I'll render recompense.
42 My arrows are drunk with blood,
My sword devour flesh,
the blood of slain and captives,
the enemy's princes.
22 43 Rejoice ye heavens with Him.
and all angels of God,
Ye Gentiles with His people
for He'll avenge the blood
of His servants, His dear sons,
His enemies repay.
For His land, for His people
atonement He will make.
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Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire-- and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.
3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
4 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed." (Rev 15:1-4 ESV)
Matthew 17:10 And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"
11 He answered, "Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.
Mark 9:11 And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"
12 And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?Rev 11:3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed.
6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.
Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my *God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him.
3 Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble.
8 And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.
14 The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16 Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared.
18 Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever!
19 For the horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (DBY)
Lord, *thou* hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art *God.
3 Thou makest mortal man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
4 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass that groweth up:
6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a passing thought.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
17 And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it. (DBY)
Acts 2:40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."
Hosea 11:3 And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, -- He took them upon his arms, -- but they knew not that I healed them.
4 I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
Galatians 6:16 And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. (ESV)
Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. (KJV)
Isaiah 44:2 thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. (DBY)
Deuteronomy 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens to thy help, And in his majesty, upon the clouds. (DBY)
Who will cause us to see good?
Lift Thou up upon us the light
of Thy countenance, O Lord.
O LORD, for'ere it seems to be.
How long You hide Your face from me
while I in darkness gro-ope for Thee?
2 Chronicles 32:31 However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. (DBY)
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation,
With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.
20 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith,
I was found of them that sought me not;
I became manifest unto them that asked not of me.
21 But as to Israel he saith,
All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
11:1 I say then, Did God cast off his people?
God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew.
...
11 I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
18 glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
shall be told all o'er again,
for my Lord, as if by Him,
told to a generation.
31 They shall come, and they shall declare
to a people to be born,
His righteousness, this deed which He has done.
Romans 15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. (KJV)
Romans 11:32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
35 "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
Revelation 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
(KJV)
Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. (KJV)
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. (Rev 13:1-9 KJV)
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (KJV)
Exodus 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. (KJV)
Deuteronomy 9:12 "Then the LORD said to me,`Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.'
13 "Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying,`I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
14 `Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
15 "So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 "And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God-- had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.
17 "Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
18 "And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
19 "For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. (Deu 9:12-19 NKJ)
Numbers 14:11 Then the LORD said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
12 "I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
13 And Moses said to the LORD: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,
14 "and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, LORD, are among these people; that You, LORD, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 "Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,
16 `Because the LORD was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.'
17 "And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
18 `The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.'
19 "Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now." (Num 14:11-19 NKJ)
Numbers 16:41 On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the LORD."
42 Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
43 Then Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting.
44 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
45 "Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
46 So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun."
47 Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped.
49 Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident. (Num 16:41-49 NKJ)
Deuteronomy 31:16 And the LORD said to Moses: "Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
17 "Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day,`Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?'
18 "And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods. (NKJ)
Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Luke 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
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