Chapter 32

Give ear,⁵⁴ O ye heavens, and I will speak;¹⁷ and hear,⁴ O earth, the words of my mouth.

My doctrine shall drop⁴ as the rain, my speech shall distil⁴ as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Because I will publish⁴ the name of the LORD: ascribe³ ye greatness unto our God.

[He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.

They have corrupted¹⁴ themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.

Do ye thus requite⁴ the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought¹ thee? hath he not made¹ thee, and established³⁴ thee?

Remember³ the days of old, consider³ the years of many generations: ask³ thy father, and he will shew⁵⁵ thee; thy elders, and they will tell⁴ thee.

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance,⁵³ when he separated⁵³ the sons of Adam, he set⁵⁵ the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.

He found⁴ him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about,²⁵ he instructed³⁴ him, he kept⁴ him as the apple of his eye.

As an eagle stirreth up⁵⁵ her nest, fluttereth¹⁷ over her young, spreadeth abroad⁴ her wings, taketh⁴ them, beareth⁴ them on her wings:

[So] the LORD alone did lead⁵⁵ him, and [there was] no strange god with him.

He made him ride⁵⁵ on the high places of the earth, that he might eat⁴ the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck⁵⁵ honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink⁴ the pure blood of the grape.

But Jeshurun waxed fat,⁴ and kicked:⁴ thou art waxen fat,¹ thou art grown thick,¹ thou art covered¹ [with fatness]; then he forsook⁴ God [which] made¹ him, and lightly esteemed¹⁷ the Rock of his salvation.

They provoked him to jealousy⁵⁵ with strange⁵ [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.⁵⁵

They sacrificed⁴ unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew¹ not, to new [gods that] came¹ newly up, whom your fathers feared¹ not.

Of the Rock [that] begat¹ thee thou art unmindful,⁴ and hast forgotten⁴ God that formed³⁵ thee.

And when the LORD saw⁴ [it], he abhorred⁴ [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

And he said,⁴ I will hide⁵⁵ my face from them, I will see⁴ what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.

They have moved me to jealousy¹⁴ with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger¹⁴ with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy⁵⁵ with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger⁵⁵ with a foolish nation.

For a fire is kindled¹ in mine anger, and shall burn⁴ unto the lowest hell, and shall consume⁴ the earth with her increase, and set on fire¹⁷ the foundations of the mountains.

I will heap⁵⁵ mischiefs upon them; I will spend¹⁷ mine arrows upon them.

[They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured⁷ with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send¹⁷ the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents⁵ of the dust.

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy¹⁷ both the young man and the virgin, the suckling⁶ [also] with the man of gray hairs.

I said,¹ I would scatter them into corners,⁵⁵ I would make the remembrance of them to cease⁵⁵ from among men:

Were it not that I feared⁴ the wrath of the enemy,⁶ lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely,¹⁷ [and] lest they should say,⁴ Our hand [is] high,¹ and the LORD hath not done¹ all this.

For they [are] a nation void⁶ of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.

O that they were wise,¹ [that] they understood⁵⁵ this, [that] they would consider⁴ their latter end!

How should one chase⁴ a thousand, and two put ten thousand ⁵⁰⁵ to flight,⁵⁵ except ³⁵⁸⁸ their Rock had sold¹ them, and the LORD had shut them up?⁵²

For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies⁶ themselves [being] judges.

For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:

Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

[Is] not this laid up in store⁷ with me, [and] sealed up⁷ among my treasures?

To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide⁴ in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.¹

For the LORD shall judge⁴ his people, and repent¹⁰¹ himself for his servants, when he seeth⁴ that [their] power is gone,¹ and [there is] none shut up,⁷ or left.⁷

And he shall say,¹ Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,¹

Which did eat⁴ the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank⁴ the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up⁴ and help⁴ you, [and] be your protection.

See³ now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill,⁵⁵ and I make alive;¹⁷ I wound,¹ and I heal:⁴ neither [is there any] that can deliver⁵⁶ out of my hand.

For I lift up⁴ my hand to heaven, and say,¹ I live for ever.

If I whet¹ my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold⁴ on judgment; I will render⁵⁵ vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward¹⁷ them that hate¹⁸ me.

I will make mine arrows drunk⁵⁵ with blood, and my sword shall devour⁴ flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.⁶

Rejoice,⁵⁴ O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge⁴ the blood of his servants, and will render⁵⁵ vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful¹⁴ unto his land, [and] to his people.

And Moses came⁴ and spake¹⁷ all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

And Moses made an end¹⁷ of speaking¹⁵ all these words to all Israel:

And he said⁴ unto them, Set³ your hearts unto all the words which I testify⁵⁶ among you this day, which ye shall command¹⁷ your children to observe² to do,² all the words of this law.

For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong⁵⁵ [your] days in the land, whither ye go over⁶ Jordan to possess² it.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,²

Get thee up³ into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold³ the land of Canaan, which I give⁶ unto the children of Israel for a possession:

And die³ in the mount whither thou goest up,⁶ and be gathered¹⁰ unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died¹ in mount Hor, and was gathered¹¹ unto his people:

Because ye trespassed¹ against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, ^{4808 6946} in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified¹⁴ me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

Yet thou shalt see⁴ the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go⁴ thither unto the land which I give⁶ the children of Israel.