14 curds from the herd and milk from the flock,
with the fat of lambs,
rams from Bashan,(A) and goats,
with the choicest grains of wheat;
you drank wine from the finest grapes.[a]

15 Then[b] Jeshurun[c](B) became fat and rebelled—
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked his jealousy with different gods;
they enraged him with detestable practices.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:14 Lit drank the blood of grapes, fermenting wine
  2. 32:15 DSS, Sam, LXX add Jacob ate his fill;
  3. 32:15 = Upright One, referring to Israel

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

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