Deuteronomy 32:33

_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 poison or venom of serpents. AND THE CRUEL VENOM OF ASPS, х_ WªRO'SH_ (H7219) ... _ 'AKZAAR_ (H393)] - the violent deadly poison х_ PªTAANIYM_ (H6620)] of asps or adders. [Septuagint, thumos aspidoon aniatos, the incurable poison of asps.] The Pethen is in all probability the Boetoen of the Arabs, the Colyber naja of Egypt. It is described by Forskall as being 'wholly spotted (in blotches) black and white, a foot in length, nearly 2 inches thick, oviparous. Its bite is instant death; the body of the wounded person

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 truth of the Bible, and to silence unbelievers. They are preserved for wise and holy purposes and the prophecies give us some idea what those purposes are. The Lord will never disgrace the throne of his glory. It is great wisdom, and will help much to the return of sinners to God, seriously to consider their latter end, or the future state. It is here meant particularly of what God foretold by Moses, about this people in the latter days; but it may be applied generally. Oh that men would consider the happiness they will lose, and the misery they will certainly plunge into, if they go on in their trespasses! What will be in the end thereof? Jeremiah 5:31. For the Lord will in due time br...

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) Deuteronomy 32:4, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deuteronomy 32:19, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deuteronomy 32:34, God’

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 remain with them as a witness for God against them. With this end in view, the ode is directed principally to a contrasting of the unchanging faithfulness of the Almighty with the anticipated perversity and unfaithfulness of his people. The poem may be divided into six parts. 1. An introduction (Deuteronomy 32:1), in which the importance of the doctrine to be delivered is announced. 2. The blamelessness and excellency of Jehovah are placed in contrast with the corruptness and perversity of

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 writer observes, he in many places prescribes remedies against the bite of the dragon; but Heliodorus m expressly speaks of some archers, whose arrows were infected with the poison of dragons; and Leo Africanus n says, the Atlantic dragons are exceeding poisonous: and yet other writers o besides Pliny have asserted that they are free from poison. It seems the dragons of Greece are without, but not those of Africa and Arabia; and to these Moses has respect, as being well known to him. The Targum of Jerusalem is, "the poison of this people is like the poison of dragons as they drink wine;''...

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) 4. Their apostasy (Deuteronomy 32:15) 5. The results of the apostasy (Deuteronomy 32:19) 6. Jehovah's final dealing with Israel (Deuteronomy 32:34) 7. The glorious consummatio

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 and lovingkindness to Israel notwithstanding the nation's sinfulness. It is impossible to fix the date of this poem with any confidence. But points of contact with Jer., Isaiah 40-55, Ezek., and the Wisdom literature suggest the closing years of the Exile (say 550 B.C.). Moses is certainly not the author, for to the latter the Exodus belongs to his distant past (Deuteronomy 32:7), and the Israelites are already in Canaan (Deuteronomy 32:13 f.). The words translated doctrine (Deuteronomy 32:2), abominations ...

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 should say, "Our hand was high, Nor was this the work of Jehovah!" 28  For a rede-lorn people are they, And among them insight is not. 29  Were they wise this would they ken, See through to their fate at the last." 30  How could one have chased a thousand, Or two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them And the Lord had given them up!...