Deuteronomy 32:19-21
The Voice
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.
19 Moses: The Eternal saw this and rejected them
because His sons and daughters had made Him so angry.
20 Eternal 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.
21 They’ve made Me jealous by worshiping something that isn’t God,
and they’ve angered Me with their idols!
So I’ll make them jealous by favoring those who aren’t a people;
I’ll infuriate them with a godless nation.[a]
Footnotes
Deuteronomy 32:19-21
New International Version
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(A)
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(B)
20 “I will hide my face(C) from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(D)
children who are unfaithful.(E)
21 They made me jealous(F) by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.(G)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(H)
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