Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Deuteronomy 32:11
The image is that of the old eagle encouraging her timorous young to fly. So Jehovah disciplined Israel in the wilderness, preparing the people for their life in Canaan: see on Exodus 19:4.
The image is that of the old eagle encouraging her timorous young to fly. So Jehovah disciplined Israel in the wilderness, preparing the people for their life in Canaan: see on Exodus 19:4.
Verse Deuteronomy 32:11. _AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST_] Flutters over her brood to excite them to fly; or, as some think, _disturbs her nest_ to oblige the young ones to leave it; so God by his p...
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...
STIRRETH UP. fluttereth. Same word as Genesis 1:2. NEST. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the young in it. Compare Exodus 19:4.Isaiah 63:9. WINGS. Hebrew. _kanaph:_ in whic...
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...
_eagle_ Heb. _nesher_, see on Deuteronomy 14:12; Deuteronomy 14:17; not _her nest_or _young_, but HIS, the father bird's; Exodus 19:4, cp. above...
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._ 11, 12. _AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST,_ &C.— Moses, in this and the following verse, elegantly describes the paternal tenderness of God towards the Israelites: _Like an eagle, which stirret...
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...
_AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST, FLUTTERETH OVER HER YOUNG, SPREADETH ABROAD HER WINGS, TAKETH THEM, BEARETH THEM ON HER WINGS:_ As an eagle ... fluttereth over her young. This beautiful and expres...
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
(11, 12) “As an eagle awakeneth her nest, Over her young she broodeth, She spreadeth out her wings, she taketh up each one of them, She beareth him on her pinions: Jehovah alone leadeth him, And a s...
כְּ נֶ֨שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנֹּ֔ו עַל ־גֹּוזָלָ֖יו...
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...
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, (f) fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: (f) To teach them to fly....
_Shoulders, as (Exodus xix. 4,) upon the wings of eagles. It is said that the eagle hovers over the nest, to encourage her young ones to fly, and when she sees them exhausted, she takes them upon her...
The figure here made use of, of the eagle, is uncommonly beautiful and striking; and especially, if, as some naturalists have said, the eagle, not only protects, feeds, and nourisheth her young, but i...
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...
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...
AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST,.... Her young ones in it, to get them out of it: Jarchi says the eagle is merciful to its young, and does not go into its nest suddenly, but first makes a noise, and...
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: Ver. 11. _As an eagle stirreth up her nest._] So doth God stir up his...
_As an eagle stirreth up her nest_ The nest is here put for the young ones in the nest. The eagle is observed by naturalists to have a most tender affection to her young, and therefore the care of God...
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...
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, in encouraging the young to make an attempt at flying, FLUTTERETH OVER HER YOUNG, ready to save the weak and helpless, whose wings are not yet fully grown, from a bad...
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...
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...
HER NEST, i.e. her young ones in the nest, by a common metonymy; which she by her cry and motion provoketh to fly by her example. SPREADETH ABROAD HER WINGS, as preparing herself to fly. ON HER WINGS,...
"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 32:11 eagle H5404 up H5782 (H8686) nest H7064 Hovers H7363 (H8762) young H1469 out H6566 ...
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,...
Deuteronomy 32:11 Without attaching any mystic meaning to this figure of the eagle, we may readily discover the great principles of God's action that it was intended to illustrate. I. The Divine disc...
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...
_As an eagle stirreth up her nest._ THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF HUMANITY I. The great end of the spiritual discipline of humanity is to secure the right action of our powers. What is right action?...
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 19:4; Hebrews 11:3; Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 46:4;...
Her nest — Her young ones in the nest; which she by her cry and motion provoketh to fly. Her wings — As preparing herself to fly. On her wings — Or, as on her wings, that is, gently, and tenderly and...