Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now — Learn by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are. I am he — The only true, omnipotent and irresistible God.
See now — Learn by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are. I am he — The only true, omnipotent and irresistible God.
Verse 39. _SEE NOW THAT I _- AM _HE_] Be convinced that God alone can save, and God alone can destroy, and that your idols can neither _hurt_ nor _help_ you. _I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE, C._] My mercy...
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, EVEN I, AM HE. Compare Isaiah 44:8. I KILL. Compare 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7. I WOUND. Compare Job 5:18;...
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...
39 See now that I, I am He, And never a god beside me. I do to death and revive, I shattered and I shall heal. [With none to save from my hand.] 40 For I lift to heaven mine hand, And say, -As...
DISCOURSE: 237 GOD THE ONLY AUTHOR OF GOOD AND EVIL Deuteronomy 32:39. _See now, that I, even I, am he, and there it no strange god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither it...
_VER._ 39. _SEE NOW THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE_— As the great design of the separation of the Israelites from the rest of the world was, to preserve the knowledge of the true God; so, the end of all the di...
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...
_SEE NOW THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME: I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL: NEITHER IS THERE ANY THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND._ See now that I, even I, am he, and t...
32:39 HE, (d-7) ' _ The Same_ ,' 'the self-existent one.' This expression becomes virtually a name of God. see 2 Samuel 7:28 ; 2 Kings 19:15 ; 1 Chronicles 17:26 ;...
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...
NO GOD WITH ME] This is almost equivalent to 'no god beside me.' Jehovah alone is able to work and save: cp. Isaiah 43:10....
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
I, EVEN I, AM HE, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME. — There are many very similar passages in Isaiah 41-46; but none of them _exactly_ reproduces this sentence. I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE. — This was repeate...
רְא֣וּ ׀ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְ
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...
Observe how GOD asserts his own sovereignty. It is worthy the Reader's observation, how Moses in the close of his day of grace, is reminded of what the LORD said to him, on the first opening of that d...
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...
_KILL AND CURE_ ‘I wound and I heal.’ Deuteronomy 32:39 The text declares with a magnificent fulness the personality and the power of God. I. GOD AS HEALING IS MADE VISIBLE TO US IN JESUS.—The mir...
39_See now that 1, even I, am he. _Those who attribute the preceding verses to the unbelievers, now introduce God speaking, as it were, abruptly, and asserting His glory, in rebuke of their blasphemie...
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...
SEE NOW THAT I, [EVEN] I, [AM] HE,.... Which words are directed to the people of God in their low estate, to look to Christ, and expect deliverance and salvation from him; or to their enemies that ins...
See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand. Ver. 39. _I, even I am he._] I...
_See now_ Open your eyes and be convinced by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are. _I am he_ The only true, omnipotent, and irresistible God. _There is no god with me_ As I...
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...
See now, by contemplating the fate which struck the foolish idolaters, THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME; Jehovah alone is the true God. I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL;...
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...
SEE NOW; learn now by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are, and what a silly thing it was in you to put your trust in them, as they did DEUTERONOMY 32:37. I AM HE, i.e. the...
"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 32:39 see H7200 (H8798) God H430 kill H4191 (H8686) alive H2421 (H8762) wound H4272 ...
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,...
Deuteronomy 32:39 The text declares with a magnificent fulness the personality and the power of God. I. God as healing is made visible to us in Jesus. The miracles of Jesus were mainly connected with...
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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:39 I, EVEN I, AM HE. The repetition of “I” emphasizes God’s sovereignty (compare Exodus 3:14). no god besi
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 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Deuteronomy 4:35; Hebrews 1:12; Hosea 6:1;...