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Deuteronomy 32
New International Version

32 Listen,(A) you heavens,(B) and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(C)
2 Let my teaching fall like rain(D)
and my words descend like dew,(E)
like showers(F) on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.

3 I will proclaim(G) the name of the Lord.(H)
Oh, praise the greatness(I) of our God!
4 He is the Rock,(J) his works are perfect,(K)
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(L) who does no wrong,
upright(M) and just is he.(N)

5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(O)
6 Is this the way you repay(P) the Lord,
you foolish(Q) and unwise people?(R)
Is he not your Father,(S) your Creator,[a]
who made you and formed you?(T)

7 Remember the days of old;(U)
consider the generations long past.(V)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(W)
8 When the Most High(X) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(Y)
he set up boundaries(Z) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](AA)
9 For the Lord’s portion(AB) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(AC)

10 In a desert(AD) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(AE)
He shielded(AF) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(AG)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(AH)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(AI)
12 The Lord alone led(AJ) him;(AK)
no foreign god was with him.(AL)

13 He made him ride on the heights(AM) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(AN)
and with oil(AO) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(AP)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(AQ)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(AR)

15 Jeshurun[c](AS) grew fat(AT) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(AU) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(AV) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(AW) with their foreign gods
and angered(AX) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(AY) to false gods,(AZ) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(BA)
gods that recently appeared,(BB)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(BC) the God who gave you birth.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(BD)
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(BE)
20 “I will hide my face(BF) from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(BG)
children who are unfaithful.(BH)
21 They made me jealous(BI) by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.(BJ)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(BK)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(BL)
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(BM)
It will devour(BN) the earth and its harvests(BO)
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(BP)

23 “I will heap calamities(BQ) on them
and spend my arrows(BR) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(BS) against them,
consuming pestilence(BT) and deadly plague;(BU)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(BV)
the venom of vipers(BW) that glide in the dust.(BX)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror(BY) will reign.(BZ)
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.(CA)
26 I said I would scatter(CB) them
and erase their name from human memory,(CC)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand(CD)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’”(CE)

28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment(CF) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(CG)
and discern what their end will be!(CH)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,(CI)
unless their Rock had sold them,(CJ)
unless the Lord had given them up?(CK)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(CL)
as even our enemies concede.(CM)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(CN)
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(CO)
and their clusters with bitterness.(CP)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.(CQ)

34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?(CR)
35 It is mine to avenge;(CS) I will repay.(CT)
In due time their foot will slip;(CU)
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.(CV)”

36 The Lord will vindicate his people(CW)
and relent(CX) concerning his servants(CY)
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave(CZ) or free.[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,(DA)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(DB)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!

39 “See now that I myself am he!(DC)
There is no god besides me.(DD)
I put to death(DE) and I bring to life,(DF)
I have wounded and I will heal,(DG)
and no one can deliver out of my hand.(DH)
40 I lift my hand(DI) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(DJ)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(DK)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(DL) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(DM)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(DN)
while my sword devours flesh:(DO)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43 Rejoice,(DP) you nations, with his people,[e][f]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(DQ)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(DR)
and make atonement for his land and people.(DS)

44 Moses came with Joshua[g](DT) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(DU) so that you may command(DV) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(DW) By them you will live long(DX) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

### Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(DY) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(DZ) Range to Mount Nebo(EA) in Moab, across from Jericho,(EB) and view Canaan,(EC) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(ED) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(EE) on Mount Hor(EF) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(EG) in the Desert of Zin(EH) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(EI) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(EJ) you will not enter(EK) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

#### Footnotes

1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
2. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
3. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
4. Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
5. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
6. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
7. Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua

#### Cross references

1. Deuteronomy 32:1 : Ps 49:1; Mic 1:2
2. Deuteronomy 32:1 : Jer 2:12
3. Deuteronomy 32:1 : S Dt 4:26
4. Deuteronomy 32:2 : 2Sa 23:4
5. Deuteronomy 32:2 : Ps 107:20; Isa 9:8; 55:11; Mic 5:7
6. Deuteronomy 32:2 : Ps 65:10; 68:9; 72:6; 147:8
7. Deuteronomy 32:3 : Ps 118:17; 145:6
8. Deuteronomy 32:3 : Ex 33:19; 34:5-6
9. Deuteronomy 32:3 : S Dt 3:24
10. Deuteronomy 32:4 : S Ge 49:24
11. Deuteronomy 32:4 : 2Sa 22:31; Ps 18:30; 19:7
12. Deuteronomy 32:4 : S Dt 4:35
13. Deuteronomy 32:4 : Ps 92:15
14. Deuteronomy 32:4 : S Ge 18:25
15. Deuteronomy 32:5 : ver 20; Mt 17:17; Lk 9:41; Ac 2:40
16. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Ps 116:12
17. Deuteronomy 32:6 : Ps 94:8; Jer 5:21
18. Deuteronomy 32:6 : ver 28
19. Deuteronomy 32:6 : S Ex 4:22; 2Sa 7:24
20. Deuteronomy 32:6 : ver 15
21. Deuteronomy 32:7 : Ps 44:1; 74:2; 77:5; Isa 51:9; 63:9
22. Deuteronomy 32:7 : Dt 4:32; Job 8:8; 20:4; Ps 78:4; Isa 46:9
23. Deuteronomy 32:7 : S Ex 10:2; Job 15:18
24. Deuteronomy 32:8 : Ps 7:8
25. Deuteronomy 32:8 : S Ge 11:8; Ac 8:1
26. Deuteronomy 32:8 : Ps 74:17
27. Deuteronomy 32:8 : Nu 23:9; Dt 33:12, 28; Jer 23:6
28. Deuteronomy 32:9 : Ps 16:5; 73:26; 119:57; 142:5; Jer 10:16
29. Deuteronomy 32:9 : S Dt 9:29; S 1Sa 26:19
30. Deuteronomy 32:10 : S Dt 1:19
31. Deuteronomy 32:10 : Dt 8:15; Job 12:24; Ps 107:40
32. Deuteronomy 32:10 : Ps 32:10; Jer 31:22
33. Deuteronomy 32:10 : Ps 17:8; Pr 7:2; Hos 13:5; Zec 2:8
34. Deuteronomy 32:11 : S Ex 19:4
35. Deuteronomy 32:11 : Ps 17:8; 18:10-19; 61:4
36. Deuteronomy 32:12 : Ps 106:9; Isa 63:13; Jer 31:32
37. Deuteronomy 32:12 : Dt 4:35
38. Deuteronomy 32:12 : ver 39; Jdg 2:12; Ps 18:31; 81:9; Isa 43:12; 45:5
39. Deuteronomy 32:13 : Dt 33:29; 2Sa 22:34; Ps 18:33; Isa 33:16; 58:14; Eze 36:2; Hab 3:19
40. Deuteronomy 32:13 : S Dt 8:8
41. Deuteronomy 32:13 : Dt 33:24; Job 29:6
42. Deuteronomy 32:14 : S Nu 21:33
43. Deuteronomy 32:14 : Ps 65:9; 81:16; 147:14
44. Deuteronomy 32:14 : S Ge 49:11
45. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Dt 33:5, 26; Isa 44:2
46. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Dt 31:20; Jer 5:28
47. Deuteronomy 32:15 : Dt 31:16; Isa 1:4, 28; 58:2; 65:11; Jer 15:6; Eze 14:5
48. Deuteronomy 32:15 : S Ge 49:24
49. Deuteronomy 32:16 : S Nu 25:11; S 1Co 10:22
50. Deuteronomy 32:16 : S Dt 31:17; S 1Ki 14:9
51. Deuteronomy 32:17 : S Ex 32:8
52. Deuteronomy 32:17 : S Ex 22:20; 1Co 10:20
53. Deuteronomy 32:17 : S Dt 28:64
54. Deuteronomy 32:17 : Jdg 5:8
55. Deuteronomy 32:18 : Jdg 3:7; 1Sa 12:9; Ps 44:17, 20; 106:21; Jer 2:32; Eze 23:35; Hos 8:14; 13:6
56. Deuteronomy 32:19 : Lev 26:30; Ps 78:59
57. Deuteronomy 32:19 : Am 6:8
58. Deuteronomy 32:20 : Dt 31:17, 29; Ps 4:6; 44:24
59. Deuteronomy 32:20 : S ver 5
60. Deuteronomy 32:20 : Dt 9:23
61. Deuteronomy 32:21 : S Nu 25:11; S 1Co 10:22
62. Deuteronomy 32:21 : ver 17; 1Ki 16:13, 26; 2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jer 2:5; 8:19; 10:8; 16:19; Jnh 2:8
63. Deuteronomy 32:21 : Ro 10:19*
64. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Ps 7:11
65. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Nu 16:31-35; Ps 18:7-8; Jer 15:14; La 4:11
66. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Am 7:4
67. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Lev 26:20
68. Deuteronomy 32:22 : Ps 83:14
69. Deuteronomy 32:23 : S Dt 29:21
70. Deuteronomy 32:23 : ver 42; 2Sa 22:15; Job 6:4; Ps 7:13; 18:14; 45:5; 77:17; 120:4; Isa 5:28; 49:2; Eze 5:16; Hab 3:9, 11
71. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Ge 26:1; S 41:55; 42:5; 2Sa 24:13; 1Ch 21:12
72. Deuteronomy 32:24 : S Dt 28:22
73. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Ps 91:6
74. Deuteronomy 32:24 : S Ge 37:20
75. Deuteronomy 32:24 : ver 33; Job 20:16; Ps 58:4; Jer 8:17; Am 5:18-19; Mic 7:17
76. Deuteronomy 32:24 : Job 20:16
77. Deuteronomy 32:25 : Isa 24:17
78. Deuteronomy 32:25 : Jer 14:18; La 1:20; Eze 7:15; 2Co 7:5
79. Deuteronomy 32:25 : 2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18; Jer 4:31; La 2:21
80. Deuteronomy 32:26 : Dt 4:27
81. Deuteronomy 32:26 : S Nu 14:12; Job 18:17; Ps 34:16; 37:28; 109:15; Isa 14:20
82. Deuteronomy 32:27 : Dt 9:26-28
83. Deuteronomy 32:27 : Ps 140:8; Isa 10:13; Jer 40:2-3
84. Deuteronomy 32:28 : Isa 1:3; 5:13; 27:11; Jer 8:7
85. Deuteronomy 32:29 : Dt 5:29; Ps 81:13
86. Deuteronomy 32:29 : Isa 47:7; La 1:9
87. Deuteronomy 32:30 : S Lev 26:8
88. Deuteronomy 32:30 : Jdg 2:14; 3:8; 4:2; 10:7; 1Sa 12:9
89. Deuteronomy 32:30 : Nu 21:34; 1Sa 23:7; Ps 31:8; 44:12; 106:41; Isa 50:1; 54:6
90. Deuteronomy 32:31 : S Ge 49:24
91. Deuteronomy 32:31 : S Ex 14:25
92. Deuteronomy 32:32 : Jer 23:14
93. Deuteronomy 32:32 : Job 6:4; 20:16
94. Deuteronomy 32:32 : Dt 29:18
95. Deuteronomy 32:33 : S ver 24
96. Deuteronomy 32:34 : Job 14:17; Jer 2:22; Hos 13:12
97. Deuteronomy 32:35 : S ver 41; S Ge 4:24; S Jer 51:6
98. Deuteronomy 32:35 : S Ge 30:2; S Ex 32:34; S Ps 54:5; S Ro 12:19*; Heb 10:30*
99. Deuteronomy 32:35 : Ps 17:5; 35:6; 37:31; 38:16; 66:9; 73:2, 18; 94:18; 121:3; Pr 4:19; Jer 23:12
100. Deuteronomy 32:35 : Eze 7:8-9
101. Deuteronomy 32:36 : Heb 10:30*
102. Deuteronomy 32:36 : Am 7:3
103. Deuteronomy 32:36 : Lev 26:43-45; Dt 30:1-3; Jdg 2:18; Ps 90:13; 102:13; 103:13; 106:45; 135:14; Joel 2:14
104. Deuteronomy 32:36 : 1Ki 14:10; 21:21; 2Ki 9:8
105. Deuteronomy 32:37 : Jdg 10:14; Jer 2:28; 11:12
106. Deuteronomy 32:38 : Nu 25:1-2; Jer 11:12; 44:8, 25
107. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Isa 41:4; 43:10; 44:7; 46:4; 48:12
108. Deuteronomy 32:39 : S ver 12
109. Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1Sa 2:6
110. Deuteronomy 32:39 : 1Sa 2:6; 2Ki 5:7; Ps 68:20; Jn 11:25-26
111. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Ex 15:26; Job 5:18; 15:11; Ps 147:3; Isa 6:10; 19:22; 30:26; 53:5; 57:18; Jer 33:6; Hos 6:1; Mal 4:2; 1Pe 2:24
112. Deuteronomy 32:39 : Job 9:12; 10:7; Ps 7:2; 50:22; Isa 43:13; Da 4:35; Hos 5:14
113. Deuteronomy 32:40 : S Ge 14:22
114. Deuteronomy 32:40 : S Ge 21:33; Rev 1:18
115. Deuteronomy 32:41 : Jdg 7:20; Ps 7:12; 45:3; Isa 27:1; 34:6; 66:16; Jer 12:12; Eze 21:9-10
116. Deuteronomy 32:41 : ver 35; Ps 149:7; Jer 46:10; Na 1:2
117. Deuteronomy 32:41 : Ps 137:8; Jer 25:14; 50:29; 51:24, 56
118. Deuteronomy 32:42 : S ver 23
119. Deuteronomy 32:42 : 2Sa 2:26; Jer 12:12; 44:1; 46:10, 14
120. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Ps 137:6; Isa 25:9; 65:18; 66:10; Ro 15:10*
121. Deuteronomy 32:43 : 2Ki 9:7; S Rev 6:10
122. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Isa 1:24; Jer 9:9
123. Deuteronomy 32:43 : Ps 65:3; 79:9
124. Deuteronomy 32:44 : Nu 13:8, 16
125. Deuteronomy 32:46 : S Dt 6:6; Jn 1:17; 7:19
126. Deuteronomy 32:46 : Dt 6:7
127. Deuteronomy 32:47 : S Dt 30:20
128. Deuteronomy 32:47 : S Ex 23:26; Dt 33:25; Isa 65:22
129. Deuteronomy 32:48 : Nu 27:12
130. Deuteronomy 32:49 : Nu 27:12
131. Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Nu 32:3
132. Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Nu 22:1
133. Deuteronomy 32:49 : S Lev 14:34
134. Deuteronomy 32:50 : S Ge 25:8; S Nu 27:13
135. Deuteronomy 32:50 : Nu 20:29
136. Deuteronomy 32:50 : S Nu 20:22
137. Deuteronomy 32:51 : Eze 47:19
138. Deuteronomy 32:51 : S Nu 13:21; 20:11-13
139. Deuteronomy 32:51 : Nu 27:14
140. Deuteronomy 32:52 : Dt 34:1-3
141. Deuteronomy 32:52 : S Dt 3:27

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