Deuteronomy 32:22

“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…”

“A fire is kindled - Great and grievous judgments shall be inflicted, which often come under the name of fire. Are they proud of their plenty? It shall burn up the increase of the earth. Are they confident of their strength? It shall destroy the very foundations of the mountains. It shall burn unto the lowest hell: it shall bring them to the very depth of misery in this world, which yet will he but a faint resemblance of their endless misery in the next. Deuteronomy 32:23”

“32:22 The realm of the dead was thought to be in the depths beneath the earth, and the entrance to that world was the grave. God is omnipresent, and his judgment reaches the most inaccessible places (see Ps 139:7-12).”

“For a fire: Deu 29:20; Num 16:35; Psa 21:9, Psa 83:14, Psa 97:3; Isa 66:15, Isa 66:16; Jer 4:4, Jer 15:14; Jer 17:4; Lam 2:3, Lam 4:11; Eze 36:5; Nah 1:6; Mal 4:1, Mal 4:2; Mar 9:43-48; Th2 1:8; Heb 12:29 shall burn: or, hath burned lowest: Psa 86:13; Isa 30:33; Zep 3:8; Mat 10:28, Mat 18:9, Mat 23:33 shall consume: or, hath consumed, Isa 24:6, Isa 24:19, Isa 24:20 foundations: Job 9:5, Job 9:6; Psa 46:2, Psa 144:5; Isa 54:10; Mic 1:4; Nah 1:5; Hab 3:10 Deuteronomy 32:23”