John Trapp Complete Commentary
Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Ver. 40. And say, I live forever.] God can swear by no greater than himself. Heb 6:13
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Ver. 40. And say, I live forever.] God can swear by no greater than himself. Heb 6:13
Verse 40. _FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN_] See concerning oaths and appeals to God in _Clarke's note on "_Deuteronomy 6:13_"_....
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...
I LIFT UP MY HAND. I swear. The lifting of the hand being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the thing signified by it....
It is Destined for Israel's Foes 34 Is all that not stored with me, Sealed in my treasuries, 35 For the day of revenge and requital, What time their foot shall slip. Yea, near is their day of d...
_lift up_, etc.] Cp. Genesis 14:22; Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30 and many instances in Ezekiel....
_VER._ 40. _FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN,_ &C.— If this verse is to be understood in connection with the foregoing, the meaning is, "For it is mine, and mine alone, (contrary to all those base idol...
THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:34-43 561. What does God have laid up in His treasury? 562. How is it possible to say of God that He repents? 563. Are we to believe God takes some type of delight in bloods...
_FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN, AND SAY, I LIVE FOR EVER._ For I lift up my hand to heaven - the usual form of solemn adjuration. AND SAY, I LIVE FOR EVER - i:e., as sure as I am the self-existent...
LIFT UP MY HAND] The usual attitude of taking an oath: see Genesis 14:22; Numbers 14:30 mg. Revelation 10:5; Revelation 10:6. I liv
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
FOR I LIFT UP MY HAND. — This is the form in taking an oath. (Comp. Revelation 10:5.) The two verses may be connected thus: “For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live for ever, if I whet my...
כִּֽי ־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶל ־שָׁמַ֖יִם יָדִ֑י וְ אָמַ
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 VIEWS WHAT OTHERS SHALL POSSESS Deuteronomy 32:36 Sometimes God leaves us to ourselves that we may learn our weakness and sinfulness. Then, when our power is gone and we seem destined to be des...
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...
For I (t) lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. (t) That is, I swear, read (Genesis 14:22)....
_For ever. God can swear by no one greater than himself, Hebrews vi. 13._...
When Moses had finished his song, which he delivered not only in the hearing of the people, but particularly of Joshua, his successor, as if that he might be a witness both for the LORD and for himsel...
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...
40._For _(293) _I lift up my, hand to heaven. _Others render it, “When I shall have lifted up my hand,” and read it connectedly with the foregoing verse, that God’s power in destroying and preserving...
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 I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN,.... Which is a gesture used in swearing, Genesis 14:22, and is ascribed to a divine Person, Ezekiel 20:5; and particularly to Christ the angel, that is so wonderfully...
_I lift up my hand to heaven_ I solemnly swear I will do what here follows. It was the custom to stretch out the hand in swearing, Genesis 14:22. _And say, I live for ever_ As surely as I live for eve...
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...
Jehovah's Sentence and its Execution...
For I lift up My hand to heaven, in the gesture of one swearing a solemn oath, AND SAY, I LIVE FOREVER....
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...
39-43 This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revea...
I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN, i.e. I solemnly swear that I will do what here follows, that as I will deliver my people, so I will fully avenge myself upon all mine enemies, whom I have used as rods to...
"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 32:40 raise H5375 (H8799) hand H3027 heaven H8064 say H559 (H8804) live H2416 forever H5769...
YAHWEH COMPARES HIMSELF WITH THE GODS THAT THEY HAVE WORSHIPPED (DEUTERONOMY 32:37). Deuteronomy 32:37 “And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge, Which ate the fat...
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...
_See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no God with Me._ THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE I. None but the Lord can would or heal. 1. The Lord alone can spiritually wound. It is the Holy Spirit’s work to...
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...
Exodus 6:8; Genesis 14:22; Hebrews 6:17; Hebrews 6:18; Jeremiah 4:2;...
I lift up my hand — I solemnly swear, that I will do what here follows. I live — As sure as I live....