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Deuteronomy 32:19

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 32:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Deuteronomy 32:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
17They sacrificed unto demons, [which were] no God, To gods that they knew not, To new [gods] that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 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 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people. The Song differs signally in diction and idiom from the preceding chapters; just as a lyrical passage is conceived in modes of thought wholly unlike those which belong to narrative or exhortation, and is uttered in different phraseology. There are, however, in the…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“His sons and daughters - Such they were by calling and profession. Deuteronomy 32:20”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“And when: Lev 26:11; Jdg 2:14; Psa 5:4, Psa 10:3, Psa 78:59, Psa 106:40; Amo 3:2, Amo 3:3; Zac 11:8; Rev 3:16 abhorred them: or, despised, Lam 2:6 of his sons: Psa 82:6, Psa 82:7; Isa 1:2; Jer 11:15 Deuteronomy 32:20”
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