Deuteronomy 32:18-20

The Voice

¹⁸ You ignored the Rock who bore you
and forgot the God who gave birth to you.

Earlier Moses has described the Eternal One as Israel’s “Father” (verse 6). Now he uses the image of a mother going into labor and giving birth to describe the Eternal One’s tender affection and sacrificial love for the nation.

¹⁹Moses: The Eternal saw this and rejected them
because His sons and daughters had made Him so angry.

²⁰Eternal One: I won’t look at them when they pray;
        I’ll just watch and see what happens to them
    Because they’re a perverse generation,
        children who are unfaithful.

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