30AND HE SPOKE MOSES IN [THE] EARS OF ALL [THE] ASSEMBLY OF ISRAEL <OBJ.> [THE] WORDS OF THE SONG <THE> THIS UNTIL WERE COMPLETE THEY Moses Begins His Song 30Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:
1GIVE EAR O HEAVENS SO LET ME SPEAK AND IT MAY HEAR THE EARTH [THE] WORDS OF MOUTH MY The Song of Moses (Revelation 15:1–4) 1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2MAY IT DROP LIKE THE RAIN TEACHING MY MAY IT DISTIL LIKE THE DEW SPEECH MY LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN ON GRASS AND LIKE COPIOUS SHOWERS ON VEGETATION 2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
3FOR [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH I WILL PROCLAIM ASCRIBE GREATNESS TO GOD OUR 3For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
4THE ROCK [IS] PERFECT WORK HIS FOR ALL WAYS HIS [ARE] JUSTICE A GOD OF FAITHFULNESS AND THERE NOT [IS] INJUSTICE [IS] RIGHTEOUS AND UPRIGHT HE 4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
5IT HAS ACTED CORRUPTLY TO <THE> HIM NOT CHILDREN HIS BLEMISH THEIR A GENERATION PERVERSE AND CROOKED 5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.*NoteCloseCited in Philippians 2:15
6¿ TO YAHWEH DO YOU REPAY THIS O PEOPLE FOOLISH AND NOT WISE ¿ NOT [IS] HE FATHER YOUR HE CREATED YOU HE HE MADE YOU AND HE ESTABLISHED YOU 6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
7REMEMBER [THE] DAYS OF ANTIQUITY CONSIDER [THE] YEARS OF A GENERATION AND A GENERATION ASK FATHER YOUR SO HE WILL TELL YOU OLD [PEOPLE] YOUR SO THEY MAY SAY TO <THE> YOU 7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
8WHEN GAVE INHERITANCES TO [THE] MOST HIGH NATIONS WHEN SEPARATED HE [THE] CHILDREN OF HUMANKIND HE FIXED BOUNDARIES OF PEOPLES TO [THE] NUMBER OF [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL 8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.*NoteCloseDSS; LXX according to the number of the angels of God; MT according to the number of the sons of Israel
9FOR [THE] PORTION OF YAHWEH [IS] PEOPLE HIS JACOB [IS] [THE] MEASURED PORTION OF INHERITANCE HIS 9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
10HE FOUND IT IN A LAND OF WILDERNESS AND IN A WASTELAND OF HOWLING OF A DESOLATE PLACE HE SURROUNDED IT HE TOOK CARE OF IT HE GUARDED IT LIKE [THE] PUPIL OF EYE HIS 10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple*NoteCloseLiterally the pupil of His eye.
11LIKE AN EAGLE [WHICH] IT STIRS UP NEST ITS OVER YOUNG ONES ITS IT HOVERS IT SPREADS OUT WINGS ITS IT TAKES IT IT CARRIES IT ON PINION ITS 11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.*NoteClosePinions are the outer parts of a bird’s wings, including the flight feathers.
12YAHWEH ALONE HE GUIDED IT AND THERE NOT WITH HIM [WAS] A GOD OF FOREIGNNESS 12The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
13HE CAUSED TO RIDE IT ON [THE] HIGH PLACES OF [THE] LAND AND IT ATE FRUITS OF [THE] FIELD AND HE SUCKLED HIM HONEY FROM A ROCK AND OIL FROM FLINT OF ROCK 13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
14CURD<S> OF [THE] HERD AND MILK OF [THE] FLOCK WITH FAT OF LAMBS AND RAMS [THE] SONS OF BASHAN AND GOATS WITH [THE] FAT OF [THE] KIDNEYS OF WHEAT AND BLOOD OF GRAPE[S] YOU DRANK WINE 14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
15AND HE GREW FAT JESHURUN AND HE KICKED YOU HAVE GROWN FAT YOU HAVE BECOME BLOATED YOU HAVE BECOME GORGED AND HE ABANDONED GOD [WHO] HE MADE HIM AND HE TREATED WITH CONTEMPT [THE] ROCK OF SALVATION HIS 15But Jeshurun*NoteCloseJeshurun means the upright one, a term of endearment for Israel. grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
16THEY MADE JEALOUS HIM BY STRANGE [GODS] BY ABOMINATIONS THEY PROVOKED TO ANGER HIM 16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
17THEY SACRIFICED TO THE DEMONS [WHICH] NOT [ARE] GOD GODS [WHICH] NOT THEY HAD KNOWN THEM NEW [GODS] [WHICH] FROM NEAR THEY HAD COME [WHICH] NOT THEY HAD KNOWN ABOUT THEM ANCESTORS YOUR 17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
18[THE] ROCK [WHICH] HE FATHERED YOU YOU FORGOT AND YOU FORGOT GOD [WHO] GAVE BIRTH TO YOU 18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19AND HE SAW YAHWEH AND HE SPURNED FROM [THE] PROVOCATION OF SONS HIS AND DAUGHTERS HIS 19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
20AND HE SAID I WILL HIDE FACE MY FROM <THE> THEM I WILL SEE WHAT? [WILL BE] END THEIR FOR [ARE] A GENERATION OF PERVERSITI<ES> THEY CHILDREN [WHOM] NOT FAITHFULNESS [IS] IN <THE> THEM 20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness
21THEY THEY HAVE MADE JEALOUS ME BY NOT A GOD THEY HAVE PROVOKED TO ANGER ME BY VANITIES THEIR AND I I WILL MAKE JEALOUS THEM BY NOT A PEOPLE BY A NATION FOOLISH I WILL PROVOKE TO ANGER THEM 21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people;*NoteCloseOr not a nation; see also LXX. I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.*NoteCloseCited in Romans 10:19
22FOR A FIRE IT HAS BEEN KINDLED BY ANGER MY AND IT HAS BURNED TO SHEOL LOWEST AND IT HAS CONSUMED [THE] EARTH AND PRODUCE ITS AND IT HAS SET ABLAZE [THE] FOUNDATIONS OF [THE] MOUNTAINS 22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
23I WILL CATCH UP ON THEM CALAMITIES ARROWS MY I WILL USE UP ON <THE> THEM 23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
24[PEOPLE] WEAKENED OF FAMINE AND [PEOPLE] CONSUMED OF PLAGUE AND DESTRUCTION BITTER AND TOOTH OF ANIMALS I WILL SEND ON <THE> THEM WITH [THE] VENOM OF [THINGS WHICH] CRAWL OF [THE] DUST 24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
25FROM OUTSIDE IT WILL MAKE CHILDLESS A SWORD AND [WILL BE] FROM INNER ROOMS TERROR BOTH YOUNG MAN AS WELL AS YOUNG WOMAN A SUCKLING-CHILD WITH A PERSON OF GRAY HAIR 25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
26I SAID I WILL CUT IN PIECES THEM I WILL MAKE CEASE FROM HUMANKIND MEMORY THEIR 26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
27IF NOT [THE] PROVOCATION OF AN ENEMY I WAS AFRAID LEST THEY SHOULD MISCONSTRUE OPPONENTS THEIR LEST THEY SHOULD SAY HANDS OUR IT WAS RAISED AND NOT YAHWEH HE DID ALL THIS 27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
28FOR [ARE] A NATION PERISHING OF COUNSEL<S> THEY AND THERE NOT IN <THE> THEM [IS] UNDERSTANDING 28Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
29IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WILL COMPREHEND THIS THEY WILL UNDERSTAND <TO> END THEIR 29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
30HOW? WILL HE PURSUE ONE [PERSON] A THOUSAND AND TWO [PEOPLE] WILL THEY PUT TO FLIGHT? TEN THOUSAND IF IN- DEED ROCK THEIR HE HAD SOLD THEM AND YAHWEH HE HAD DELIVERED UP THEM 30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
31FOR NOT [IS] LIKE ROCK OUR ROCK THEIR AND ENEMIES OUR ASSESSMENTS 31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.*NoteCloseHebrew; LXX but our enemies are void of understanding
32FOR [IS] FROM [THE] VINE OF SODOM VINE THEIR AND FROM [THE] TERRACED FIELDS OF GOMORRAH GRAPES THEIR [ARE] GRAPES OF POISON CLUSTERS [ARE] BITTER OF <THE> THEM 32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
33[IS THE] VENOM OF SERPENTS WINE THEIR AND [THE] POISON OF COBRAS CRUEL 33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
34¿ NOT [IS] THAT STORED UP WITH ME SEALED UP IN STOREHOUSES MY 34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
35[BELONG] TO <THE> ME VENGEANCE AND RETRIBUTION TO A TIME [WHEN] IT WILL SLIP FOOT THEIR FOR [IS] NEAR [THE] DAY OF DISASTER THEIR AND IT WILL MAKE HASTE IMPENDING [THINGS] TO <THE> THEM 35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay.*NoteCloseLXX; Hebrew Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; cited in Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30 In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
36FOR HE WILL JUDGE YAHWEH PEOPLE HIS AND ON SERVANTS HIS HE WILL HAVE COMPASSION IF HE WILL SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN USED UP HAND AND THERE NOT [IS] SHUT UP AND FREED 36For the LORD will vindicate His people*NoteCloseOr will judge His people; see also LXX; cited in Hebrews 10:30 and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
37AND HE WILL SAY WHERE? [ARE] GODS THEIR [THE] ROCK [WHICH] THEY SOUGHT REFUGE IN <THE> IT 37He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
38WHICH [THE] FAT OF SACRIFICES THEIR THEY ATE THEY DRANK [THE] WINE DRINK-OFFERING THEIR LET THEM ARISE AND LET THEM HELP YOU LET IT BE OVER YOU A SHELTER 38which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
39SEE NOW THAT I I [AM] HE AND THERE NOT [IS] A GOD WITH ME I I PUT TO DEATH AND I MAY RESTORE TO LIFE I WOUND AND I I HEAL AND THERE NOT FROM HAND MY [IS] A DELIVERER 39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
40FOR I LIFT UP TO HEAVEN HAND MY AND I WILL SAY [AM] LIVING I FOR EVER 40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
41IF I SHARPEN [THE] LIGHTNING OF SWORD MY SO IT MAY TAKE HOLD ON JUDGMENT HAND MY I WILL RETURN VENGEANCE TO FOES MY AND TO [THOSE WHO] HATE ME I WILL REPAY 41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
42I WILL MAKE DRUNK ARROWS MY FROM BLOOD AND SWORD MY IT WILL DEVOUR FLESH FROM [THE] BLOOD OF [THE] SLAIN AND [THE] CAPTIVE FROM [THE] HEAD OF [THE] LEADERS OF [THE] ENEMY 42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43SHOUT FOR JOY O NATIONS PEOPLE HIS FOR [THE] BLOOD OF SERVANTS HIS HE WILL AVENGE AND VENGEANCE HE WILL RETURN TO FOES HIS AND HE WILL MAKE ATONEMENT FOR LAND HIS PEOPLE HIS 43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, <p class=|indent2|>and let all God’s angels worship Him.*NoteCloseSee DSS and LXX; MT lacks Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Cited in Hebrews 1:6 Rejoice, O nations, with His people;*NoteCloseCited in Romans 15:10 for He will avenge the blood of His children.*NoteCloseDSS and LXX; MT servants He will take vengeance on His adversaries<p class=|indent2|> and repay those who hate Him;*NoteCloseLXX and Vulgate; MT lacks and repay those who hate Him He will cleanse His land and His people.
44AND HE CAME MOSES AND HE SPOKE <OBJ.> ALL [THE] WORDS OF THE SONG <THE> THIS IN [THE] EARS OF THE PEOPLE HE AND HOSHEA [THE] SON OF NUN 44Then Moses came with Joshua*NoteCloseLXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
45AND HE FINISHED MOSES TO SPEAK <OBJ.> ALL THE WORDS <THE> THESE TO ALL ISRAEL 45When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,
46AND HE SAID TO THEM SET HEART YOUR TO ALL THE WORDS WHICH I [AM] WARNING <IN> <THE> YOU THIS DAY THAT YOU WILL COMMAND THEM <OBJ.> CHILDREN YOUR TO TAKE CARE TO DO <OBJ.> ALL [THE] WORDS OF THE LAW <THE> THIS 46he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
47FOR NOT [IS] A WORD [TOO] EMPTY IT FOR YOU FOR IT [IS] LIVES YOUR AND BY THE WORD <THE> THIS YOU WILL PROLONG DAYS ON THE LAND WHERE YOU [ARE] ABOUT TO PASS OVER <OBJ.> THE JORDAN THERE TOWARDS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT 47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
48AND HE SPOKE YAHWEH TO MOSES ON [THE] SUBSTANCE OF THE DAY <THE> THIS <TO> SAYING Moses’ Death Foretold 48On that same day the LORD said to Moses,
49GO UP TO [THE] MOUNTAIN OF THE ABARIM <THE> THIS [THE] MOUNTAIN OF NEBO WHICH [IS] IN [THE] LAND OF MOAB WHICH [IS] ON [THE] FACE OF JERICHO AND SEE <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF CANAAN WHICH I [AM] ABOUT TO GIVE TO [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO A POSSESSION 49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
50AND DIE ON THE MOUNTAIN WHERE YOU [ARE] ABOUT TO GO UP THERE TOWARDS AND BE GATHERED TO PEOPLE<S> YOUR JUST AS HE DIED AARON BROTHER YOUR ON HOR THE MOUNTAIN AND HE WAS GATHERED TO PEOPLE<S> HIS 50And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
51ON THAT YOU ACTED UNFAITHFULLY AGAINST <THE> ME IN AMONG [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AT [THE] WATERS OF MERIBAH KADESH [THE] WILDERNESS OF ZIN ON THAT NOT YOU HONORED AS HOLY <OBJ.> ME IN AMONG [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL 51For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
52FOR FROM BEFORE YOU WILL SEE <OBJ.> THE LAND AND THERE TOWARDS NOT YOU WILL GO INTO THE LAND WHICH I [AM] ABOUT TO GIVE TO [THE] PEOPLE ISRAEL 52Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it