Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 32:33
Their (r) wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
(r) The fruit of the wicked are as poison, detestable to God, and dangerous for man.
Their (r) wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
(r) The fruit of the wicked are as poison, detestable to God, and dangerous for man.
Verse Deuteronomy 32:33. _THEIR WINE_] Their system of doctrines and teaching, is _the poison of dragons_, c., fatal and destructive to all them who follow it....
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...
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27....
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....
VENOM _of dragons_ Or, _foam of_. PITILESS POISON _of asps Poison, rôsh_, as in Deuteronomy 29:17; _asps_, or according to some, _cobras_, the hooded kind, in Egypt and the lower parts of Syria, esp...
_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....
_THEIR WINE IS THE POISON OF DRAGONS, AND THE CRUEL VENOM OF ASPS._ Their wine is the poison of dragons, х_ CHªMAT_ (H2534) _ TANIYNIM_ (H8577), the heat] - i:e. (as ulcerating the bowels), the poiso...
DRAGONS] i.e. serpents. 34-43. When Israel is reduced to extremities Jehovah will be merciful to them and avenge them....
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
חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְ רֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים...
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...
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...
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...
THEIR WINE [IS] THE POISON OF DRAGONS,.... Of these creatures, both land and sea dragons, Micah 1:8; Malachi 1:3; Pliny says l the dragon has no poison in it; yet, as Dalechamp, in his notes on that...
Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Ver. 33. _Their wine,_] _i.e., _ Their works, yea, their best works, prove pernicious to them; not their own table only, but God's...
_Their vine is the poison of dragons_ An expression of the same import with the former, signifying their fruits or works to be most depraved and pernicious, (Revelation 17:2,) and so resembling the po...
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...
their wine is the poison of dragons, of serpents, AND THE CRUEL VENOM OF ASPS, of a very poisonous, deadly snake. Thus the vine and its fruits are a picture of the people and of its works. Cf Isaiah 5...
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...
THE POISON OF DRAGONS; for although some write that the dragons of Greece have no poison in them, yet that the African and Arabian dragons, of which Moses here writes, have poison in them, is confesse...
"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 32:33 wine H3196 poison H2534 serpents H8577 cruel H393 venom H7219 cobras H6620 the poison -...
JUDGMENT IS PASSED BY MOSES AND FAITHFUL ISRAEL ON FAITHLESS ISRAEL (DEUTERONOMY 32:31). Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges. For their vi...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 8:14; Job 20:14; Psalms 140:3; Psalms 58:4; Romans 3:13...