One — Israelite. Their rock — Their God, who was their refuge and defence. Sold them — Namely, for bond — slaves, had given themselves up into their enemies hands. Shut them up — As it were in the net which their enemies had laid for them.
Verse Deuteronomy 32:30. _HOW SHOULD ONE CHASE A THOUSAND_] If therefore they had not forgotten their _Rock_, God their _author_ and _defence_, it could not possibly have come to pass that a thousand...
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...
ONE CHASE, &C. Compare Leviticus 26:8. Jos 23:10. 2 Chronicles 24:24.Isaiah 30:17....
The Stay of God's Vengeance 26 -I had said, "I will blow them away (?) And still among men their remembrance," 27 Had I feared not the taunt of the foe, Lest their enemies misconstrue, And shou...
It is doubtful whether these _vv_. relate to Israel or its arrogant foes. The latter I deem the more probable. So already Geddes....
HOW COULD _one_, etc.] Some ignominious rout of Israel. _delivered them up_ Cp. Deuteronomy 23:15 (16)....
_VER._ 30-33. _HOW SHOULD ONE CHASE A THOUSAND_— i.e. Would they but wisely reflect, and be moved by the terror of these punishments upon their posterity, to a different conduct, how flourishing shoul...
THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:19-33 556. What is meant by the use of the word provocation? 557. What foreign people are meant in Deuteronomy 32:21? 558. Where is Sheol? Explain the use of this term here....
_HOW SHOULD ONE CHASE A THOUSAND, AND TWO PUT TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT, EXCEPT THEIR ROCK HAD SOLD THEM, AND THE LORD HAD SHUT THEM UP?_ How should one chase a thousand ... The express promise given to...
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...
SHUT THEM UP] delivered them into the hand of their enemies....
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
HOW SHOULD ONE (OF THEIR ENEMIES) CHASE A THOUSAND (OF THEM). — Comp. the verse in Deuteronomy 28:25, and more especially Leviticus 26:8; Leviticus 26:17;...
אֵיכָ֞ה יִרְדֹּ֤ף אֶחָד֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּ שְׁנַ֖יִם...
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: ISRAEL'S RESPONSE Deuteronomy 32:15 “Jeshurun” is a pet name for Israel, implying affection and endearment. The metaphor employed is derived from a pampered animal which, in consequence...
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...
Thousand. In the battles which the Israelites had fought, the hand of God had appeared so visibly in their defence, giving them the victory over nations much more numerous, (Calmet) that all must conf...
There are two ways of reading those verses. If we consider the words, How should one Israelite chase a thousand? we must then view the salvation of Israel, as effected by GOD. But if we consider the w...
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...
30._How should one chase a thousand. _Of all the many tokens of God’s wrath, he selects one which was peculiarly striking; for as long as God was on their side, they had put to flight mighty armies, n...
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...
HOW SHOULD ONE CHASE A THOUSAND, AND TWO PUT TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT,.... This is said for the conviction of the Pagan Romans of their folly in behaving strangely, attributing to their gods what belong...
_How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?_ Ver. 30. _How should one chase a thousand?_] _i.e., _ How should...
_O that they were wise_ O that they would duly and wisely consider the dealings of God toward them, and so happily prevent the evils that will otherwise befall them in the generations to come _How sho...
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...
how should one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? If they would only cling to Jehovah, the Rock of their salvation, th...
Jehovah's Sentence and its Execution...
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...
26-38 The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel, and continues them still to be living witnesses of...
HOW SHOULD ONE CHASE A THOUSAND? whence should this miraculous change come, that whereas God had promised that _five Israelites_ should _chase an hundred_ of their enemies, &c., DEUTERONOMY 26:8, now,...
"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 32:30 one H259 chase H7291 (H8799) thousand H505 two H8147 ten H7233 thousand H505 flight H5127 ...
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,...
HE DECLARES THEIR HOPELESS STATE WITHOUT HIM (DEUTERONOMY 32:28). Deuteronomy 32:28 “For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. Oh that they were wise, that they...
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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:30 Israel’s ROCK is God. The ROCK of the ENEMIES refers to the so-called gods of other nations, who are nothing. Hence the enemies are
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 Samuel 14:15; 2 Chronicles 24:24; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 50:1;...