Deuteronomy 32:6

“Do you thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise, etc.] This is also a proper character of the Jews in the times of Christ, who are often by him called “fools”, (<402317>Matthew 23:17,19); being very ignorant of the Scriptures, and of the prophecies in them respecting him, setting up their own traditions on a level with the word of God, or above it; they were ignorant of the law of God, and the meaning of it; of the righteousness of God, of the righteousness of his nature, and of what the law required, as well as of the righteousness of Christ, and of him as a spiritual Redeemer, and of salvation by him; and a most egregious instance of their folly, and of want of wisdom, was their…”

“is not he thy father that hath bought thee--or emancipated thee from Egyptian bondage. and made thee--advanced the nation to unprecedented and peculiar privileges.”

“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…”

“O foolish people and unwise! - Fools and double fools! Fools indeed, to disoblige one, on whom you so entirely depend! Who hath bewitched you! To forsake your own mercies for lying vanities! Bought thee - That hath redeemed thee from Egyptian bondage. Made thee - Not only in a general by creation, but in a peculiar manner by making thee his peculiar people. Established - That is, renewed and confirmed his favour to thee, and not taken it away, which thou hast often provoked him to do. Deuteronomy 32:7”

“requite: Deu 32:18; Isa 1:2; Co2 5:14, Co2 5:15; Tit 2:11-14 O foolish: Psa 74:18; Jer 4:22, Jer 5:21; Gal 3:1-3 thy father: Exo 4:22; Isa 63:16; Luk 15:18-20; Joh 8:41; Rom 8:15; Gal 3:26, Gal 4:6; Jo1 3:1 hath bought: Exo 15:16; Psa 74:2; Isa 43:3, Isa 43:4; Act 20:28; Co1 6:20; Pe2 2:1 made thee: Job 10:8; Psa 95:6, Psa 100:3, Psa 149:2; Isa 27:11, Isa 43:7, Isa 44:2 Deuteronomy 32:7”