Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 32:35
Verse 35. Their foot shall slide in due time, c.] But Calmet thinks that this verse is spoken against the Canaanites, the enemies of the Jewish people.
Verse 35. Their foot shall slide in due time, c.] But Calmet thinks that this verse is spoken against the Canaanites, the enemies of the Jewish people.
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...
TO ME. Hebrew text is _li_. "to Me", but Dr. Ginsburg thinks it is an abbreviation for _liyom,_ "for the day", as seems evident from Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and Septuagint, and from a...
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...
MINE ARE _vengeance_, etc.] Sam. and LXX read _for the day of vengeance_, etc.; and perhaps rightly, see Ginsburg, _Intr._p. 168. Here intended as an assurance to Israel, but in Romans 12:19 as a war...
DISCOURSE: 235 JUDGMENT NEAR AT HAND Deuteronomy 32:34. _Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? To me belongeth vengeance and recompence: their foot shall slide in du...
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...
_TO ME BELONGETH VENGEANCE, AND RECOMPENCE; THEIR FOOT SHALL SLIDE IN DUE TIME: FOR THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY IS AT HAND, AND THE THINGS THAT SHALL COME UPON THEM MAKE HASTE._ To me belongeth vengean...
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...
RV 'vengeance is mine and recompence, at the time when their foot shall slide.'...
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
TO ME BELONGETH VENGEANCE, AND RECOMPENCE. — In the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 10:30) this sentence is quoted with the first clause of Deuteronomy 32:36, “For we know Him that said, Vengeance bel...
לִ֤י נָקָם֙ וְ שִׁלֵּ֔ם לְ עֵ֖ת תָּמ֣וּט
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...
Time. Men are eager to punish their enemies, for fear lest they should escape. But God defers his chastisements frequently in this world, designing to make his enemies feel the weight of his indignati...
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...
35_To me belongeth vengeance. _This passage is quoted to different purposes by Paul, and by the author (283) of the Epistle to the Hebrews, (Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30;) for Paul, with a view of pers...
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...
TO ME [BELONGETH] VENGEANCE AND RECOMPENSE,.... Or, I will repay, or recompence, as it is quoted in Romans 12:19; and so all the three Targums, the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, here, and so...
_To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste._ Ver. 35. _To me b...
_To me belongeth vengeance_ As the supreme Lord and Judge of the world, whose power no force can resist, from whose knowledge no secret can be concealed, and from whose justice no art can escape. _The...
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...
To Me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time, at that time, when the foot would begin to be uncertain, when their fall would be imminent, then God would prove Himself t...
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...
It is my office to punish sin, and therefore as I know their sins, so I will assuredly punish them. _Their feet shall slide_; they who now think they stand fast and unmovable, they shall fall into utt...
"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 32:35 Vengeance H5359 recompense H8005 foot H7272 slip H4131 (H8799) time H6256 day H3117 calamity...
RATHER THAN SEEKING VENGEANCE YAHWEH WILL HAVE MERCY ON THEM (DEUTERONOMY 32:34). Deuteronomy 32:34 “Is not this stored up with me, Sealed up among my treasures? Vengeance is mine, and recompense,...
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...
_Their foot shall slide in due time._ THE AWAKENING OF SINNERS This is the culmination of the most dreadful denunciation of sinners to be found in the Bible. I. The insecurity of the sinner. A sens...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:35 VENGEANCE IS MINE, AND RECOMPENSE. God will judge the wicked. FOR THE LORD WILL VINDICATE HIS PEOPLE. Beyond defeat and exile, God will r
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 2:8; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Peter 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:43; Habakkuk 2:3
Their feet shall slide — They who now think they stand fast and unmoveable, shall fall into utter destruction. In due time — Though not so soon as some may expect, yet in that time when it shall be mo...