Add parallel Print Page Options

14 Their cows and their goats gave them plenty of milk and butter.
Their lambs, sheep and goats became fat,
    so they ate the best meat.
They ate the best bread from their wheat.
    They drank the best wine from their grapes.

15 The Israelites became rich and fat.[a]
    They turned against God.
They were full of good food, but they turned away from God.
He was the one who made them.
He was the strong Rock who kept them safe.
    But they no longer respected him.
16 They worshipped foreign gods.
    So the Lord became angry and jealous.
They made idols which he hated.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 32:15 The Israelites are here called by a special name, ‘Jeshurun’.

14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(A)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(B)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(C)

15 Jeshurun[a](D) grew fat(E) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(F) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(G) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(H) with their foreign gods
    and angered(I) him with their detestable idols.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.