Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 32:9
It is no wonder God had so great a regard to this people, for he chose them out of all mankind to be his peculiar portion and treasure.
It is no wonder God had so great a regard to this people, for he chose them out of all mankind to be his peculiar portion and treasure.
Verse Deuteronomy 32:9. _THE LORD'S PORTION IS HIS PEOPLE_] What an astonishing saying! As _holy souls_ take GOD for _their portion_, so GOD takes _them_ for _his portion_. He represents himself as h...
SONG OF MOSES If Deuteronomy 32:1 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)...
2. THE SONG OF MOSES CHAPTER 32:1-43 _ 1. The introduction and the theme (Deuteronomy 32:1)_ 2. The foolish people (Deuteronomy 32:5) 3. How Jehovah loved them (Deuteronomy 32:7
Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice a...
LOT. line. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, because the inheritance was allotted by. cord or line. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:18; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 19:4.
Origin and Progress of Israel 7 Remember the days of old, Scan the years, age upon age; Ask of thy sire that he shew thee, Thine elders, that they may tell thee. 8 When the Highest gave nations...
_portion_ Or LOT; in Deuteronomy 12:12 with _inheritance_. _his people_ LXX removes _Jacob_to this line, and to the end of the following adds _Israel_. In that case _his people_is superfluous both to...
DISCOURSE: 232 GOD’S REGARD FOR HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 32:9. The Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob it the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;...
_VER._ 8, 9. _WHEN THE MOST HIGH DIVIDED,_ &C.— Bochart gives the words this simple meaning: "God so distributed the bounds and settlements of the several people and nations, as to reserve in his coun...
C. THE SONG OF MOSES (Deuteronomy 31:30 to Deuteronomy 32:47) The song is difficult to outline, but the main contents may be grouped as follows: INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 31:30 to...
_WHEN THE MOST HIGH DIVIDED TO THE NATIONS THEIR INHERITANCE, WHEN HE SEPARATED THE SONS OF ADAM, HE SET THE BOUNDS OF THE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ When the Most Hig...
The converse is also true. Jehovah is the portion of His people: see e.g. Numbers 18:20; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 142:5;...
THE SONG OF MOSES The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness, He d...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 32 V1 ‘Listen, HEAVENs, and I will speak. Oh earth, hear the words that I
Comp. Deuteronomy 21:16. “when the Most High made nations to inherit, When He parted the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel. For the portio...
כִּ֛י חֵ֥לֶק יְהֹוָ֖ה עַמֹּ֑ו יַעֲקֹ֖ב חֶ֥בֶל...
THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps, to refe...
MOSES' SONG: THE LORD'S FAVOR UPON ISRAEL Deuteronomy 31:30; Deuteronomy 32:1 The song of Moses, like the fabled song of the swan, was his last and sweetest. It is probably the noblest ode in the who...
Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:1) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims the n...
_Lot. Hebrew literally, "the cord," in allusion to the ancient method of dividing lands with a cord. Herodotus (ii. 6,) observes, that the length of one, in the Upper Egypt, was 60 stadia, or 7700 pac...
The sweetest of all subjects, and the most interesting of all histories, is that which makes a man acquainted with himself. In looking back to the original formation of GOD'S church and people, we beh...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
9_For the Lord’s portion is his people. _This is the main point, that God was moved by nothing but His own good pleasure to make so much of this people, who had been derived from a common origin with...
We have the prophetic song, which is based on the foreknown fall of the people. First, it declares the perfectness of Jehovah, whatever may take place; it is Israel who have corrupted themselves (comp...
FOR THE LORD'S PORTION [IS] HIS PEOPLE, JACOB [IS] THE LOT OF HIS INHERITANCE. This is the reason why the Lord so early provided a portion or inheritance for the children of Israel in the land of Cana...
For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance. Ver. 9. For the Lord's portion.] Dear to God, though despised of the world. They are the Lord's "inheritance," Isa 19:25...
_The Lord's portion is his people_ Highly prized and loved by him, Exodus 19:5. As if he had said, The Israelites are that portion of mankind whom God was pleased to redeem out of bondage, and to make...
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 1 GIUE eare, O yee heau...
For the Lord's portion is His people, Jacob is the lot, the surveyed land, the possession, OF HIS INHERITANCE. In this people, therefore, He took a special interest, to it He gave countless proofs of...
Israel's Position and Apostasy...
GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words from...
LOT: _ Heb._ cord...
7-14 Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty sou...
"And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words; of this song, until they were ended." It is not too much to say that one of the very grandest and most comprehensive sections...
Deuteronomy 32:9 LORDS H3068 portion H2506 people H5971 Jacob H3290 place H2256 inheritance H5159 the Lord's -...
THE BENEFICENCE TOWARDS THEM OF THEIR OVERLORD IS OUTLINED (DEUTERONOMY 32:7). Deuteronomy 32:7 “Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations, Ask your (thy) father, and he wil...
CHAPTER 32 THE SONG OF MOSES. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against them,...
CONTENTS: The song and exhortation of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: The warning and consoling words of God sent down from heaven should sink into our hearts and soften them as t...
Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak._ This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died sin...
_The Lord’s portion is His people._ A CHOICE PORTION 1. The text teaches us that the Church of God is the Lord’s own peculiar and special property. “The earth is the Lord s, and the fulness thereof:...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:8 GAVE TO THE NATIONS THEIR INHERITANCE. For example, Edom, Moab, and Ammon in Deuteronomy 2:1, as well as Israel throu
The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal p...
EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and committed to writing, to re...
So this is the song that Moses taught the children of Israel. And incidentally it was the first hit rock song. It is a song about the Rock. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye gre...
1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Samuel 10:1; Deuteronomy 26:18;...
His people — It is no wonder God had so great a regard to this people, for he chose them out of all mankind to be his peculiar portion....