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Deuteronomy 32:8-18
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 32:8-18
English Standard Version
8 When the Most High (A)gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he (B)divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[a] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[b]
9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
10 “He found him (C)in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he (D)encircled him, he cared for him,
he (E)kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 (F)Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
12 (G)the Lord alone guided him,
(H)no foreign god was with him.
13 (I)He made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with (J)honey out of the rock,
and (K)oil out of (L)the flinty rock.
14 Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat[c] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest[d] of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from (M)the blood of the grape.
15 “But (N)Jeshurun grew fat, and (O)kicked;
(P)you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
(Q)then he forsook God (R)who made him
and scoffed at (S)the Rock of his salvation.
16 (T)They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
17 (U)They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to (V)new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
18 You were unmindful of (W)the Rock that bore[e] you,
and you (X)forgot the God who gave you birth.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or territories
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
- Deuteronomy 32:14 That is, with the best
- Deuteronomy 32:14 Hebrew with the kidney fat
- Deuteronomy 32:18 Or fathered
Deuteronomy 32:8-18
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32:8-18
New International Version
8 When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)
9 For the Lord’s portion(E) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(F)
10 In a desert(G) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(H)
He shielded(I) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(J)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(K)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(L)
12 The Lord alone led(M) him;(N)
no foreign god was with him.(O)
13 He made him ride on the heights(P) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(Q)
and with oil(R) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(S)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(T)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(U)
15 Jeshurun[b](V) grew fat(W) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(X) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(Y) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(Z) with their foreign gods
and angered(AA) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(AB) to false gods,(AC) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(AD)
gods that recently appeared,(AE)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(AF) the God who gave you birth.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
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