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Deuteronomy 32:29

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 32:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy 32:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
31For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Oh, . . . that they would consider their latter end--The terrible judgments, which, in the event of their continued and incorrigible disobedience, would impart so awful a character to the close of their national history.”
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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
“They - Israel. Latter end - What their end will be, and that tho' God spare them long, yet at last judgment will certainly overtake them. Deuteronomy 32:30”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“32:29 their fate (literally their latter end): Israel’s future had not been predetermined; this statement expresses how things would turn out if Israel continued on its rebellious course.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“O that: Deu 5:29; Psa 81:13, Psa 107:15, Psa 107:43; Isa 48:18, Isa 48:19; Hos 14:9; Luk 19:41, Luk 19:42 they would: Isa 10:3, Isa 47:7; Jer 5:31, Jer 17:11; Lam 1:9; Luk 12:20, Luk 16:19-25 Deuteronomy 32:30”
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