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all these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars—besides a great number of unwalled towns.

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All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.

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Fidelity in Prosperity. 10 (A)When the Lord, your God, brings you into the land which he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give you, a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,(B) 11 with houses full of goods of all sorts that you did not garner, with cisterns that you did not dig, with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant; and when, therefore, you eat and are satisfied,(C)

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10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(A) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(B) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(C)

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11 (A)No, the land into which you are crossing to take possession is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in rain from the heavens,

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11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(A) that drinks rain from heaven.(B)

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15 So Jacob ate and was satisfied,
    Jeshurun[a] grew fat and kicked;
    you became fat and gross and gorged.
They forsook the God who made them
    and scorned the Rock of their salvation.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:15 Jeshurun: a term for Israel from yashar, meaning “upright”; its use here is possibly ironic.

15 Jeshurun[a](A) grew fat(B) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(C) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(D) their Savior.

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Footnotes

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