Deuteronomy 32
King James Version
32 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 32
Amplified Bible
The Song of Moses
32 “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2
“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the light rain upon the tender grass,
And as the spring showers upon the herb.
3
“For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord;
Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!
4
“The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice),
Just and upright is He.
5
“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.
They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
6
“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]?
He has made you and established you [as a nation].
7
“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.
8
“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
9
“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
10
“He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the [a]apple of His eye.
11
“As an eagle that protects its nest,
That flutters over its young,
He spread out His wings and took them,
He carried them on His pinions.(A)
12
“So the Lord alone led him;
There was no foreign god with him.
13
“He made him (Israel) ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
And He made him suck honey from the rock,
And [olive] oil from the flinty rock,
14
Butter and curds of cows, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs,
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the finest of the wheat;
And you drank wine, the blood of grapes.
15
“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
16
“They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods [by denying Him the honor and loyalty that is rightfully and uniquely His];
And with repulsive acts they provoked Him to anger.
17
“They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods whom they have not known,
New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers never feared.
18
“You were unmindful of the Rock who bore you,
And you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19
“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
20
“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
21
‘They have made Me [b]jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22
‘For a fire is kindled by My anger,
And it burns to the depths of Sheol (the place of the dead, the nether world),
It devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23
‘I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.
24
‘They will be wasted by hunger, and consumed by plague
And a bitter destruction;
And I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
25
‘Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside [the chambers] terror—
For both young man and virgin,
For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.
26
‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
27
Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’
28
“For they are a nation devoid of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
29
“O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they could discern their future and ultimate fate!
30
“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
31
“For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves judge this.
32
“For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
33
“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.
34
‘Is it not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
35
‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their disaster is at hand,
And their doom hurries to meet them.’
36
“For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength (hand) is gone,
And none remains, whether bond or free.
37
“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge?
38
‘Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your hiding place!
39
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
40
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
41
If I sharpen the lightning of My sword,
And My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
42
‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’
43
“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;
For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
And will render vengeance on His adversaries,
And will atone for His land and His people.”
44 Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and [c]Joshua the son of Nun. 45 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all [the people of] Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words of warning which I am speaking to you today; and you shall command your children to observe them carefully—to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is not an empty or trivial matter for you; indeed it is your [very] life. By [honoring and obeying] this word you will live long in the land, which you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
48 And the Lord said to Moses that very same day, 49 “Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession. 50 Then die on the mountain which you climb, and be gathered to your people [in death], just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 because you broke faith with Me among of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat Me as holy among of the sons of Israel.(B) 52 For you shall see the land opposite you from a distance, but you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:10 Lit pupil.
- Deuteronomy 32:21 God does not tolerate the transfer of the honor and worship that is due Him to any other being or object.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Lit Hoshea.
Deuteronomio 32
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Cántico de Moisés
32 «Presten atención, oh cielos, y déjenme hablar;
Y oiga la tierra(A) las palabras de mi boca.
2 Caiga como la lluvia mi enseñanza(B),
Y destile como el rocío(C) mi discurso,
Como llovizna sobre el verde prado
Y como aguacero sobre la hierba.
3 Porque yo proclamo el nombre del Señor(D);
Atribuyan grandeza a nuestro Dios(E).
4 ¡La Roca! Su obra es perfecta(F),
Porque todos Sus caminos son justos[a](G);
Dios de fidelidad(H) y sin injusticia,
Justo y recto es Él.
5 En forma pervertida se han[b] portado con Él.
No son Sus hijos(I), debido a los defectos de ellos;
Son una generación perversa y torcida(J).
6 ¿Así pagan ustedes al Señor,
Oh pueblo insensato e ignorante(K)?
¿No es Él tu Padre que te compró(L)?
Él te hizo(M) y te estableció.
7 Acuérdate de los días pasados;
Considera los años de todas las generaciones.
Pregunta a tu padre, y él te lo hará saber;
A tus ancianos, y ellos te lo dirán(N).
8 Cuando el Altísimo dio a las naciones su herencia,
Cuando separó los hijos del hombre[c](O),
Fijó los límites de los pueblos
Según el número de los israelitas(P).
9 Pues la porción del Señor es Su pueblo;
Jacob es la parte de Su heredad(Q).
10 Lo encontró en tierra desierta,
En la horrenda[d] soledad de un desierto(R);
Lo rodeó, cuidó de él,
Lo guardó como a la niña de Sus ojos(S).
11 Como un águila que despierta su nidada,
Que revolotea sobre sus polluelos(T),
Extendió Sus alas y los tomó(U),
Los llevó sobre Su plumaje.
12 El Señor solo(V) lo guió,
Y con él no hubo dios extranjero(W).
13 Lo hizo cabalgar sobre las alturas de la tierra,
Y comió el producto del campo(X);
Le hizo gustar[e] miel de la peña(Y),
Y aceite del[f] pedernal(Z),
14 Cuajada de vacas y leche de ovejas,
Con grasa de corderos,
Y carneros de raza de Basán y machos cabríos,
Con lo mejor del trigo(AA);
De la sangre de uvas bebiste vino(AB).
15 »Pero Jesurún[g] engordó y dio coces
(has engordado, estás cebado y rollizo(AC));
Entonces abandonó a Dios(AD) que lo hizo(AE),
Y despreció a la Roca de su salvación(AF).
16 Lo provocaron a celos con dioses extraños(AG),
Con abominaciones lo provocaron a ira(AH).
17 Ofrecieron sacrificios a demonios(AI), no a Dios,
A dioses que no habían conocido(AJ),
Dioses nuevos(AK) que vinieron recientemente,
A los que los padres de ustedes no temieron.
18 Despreciaste a la Roca(AL) que te engendró,
Y olvidaste al Dios que te dio a luz(AM).
19 »Y el Señor vio esto, y se llenó de ira[h](AN)
A causa de la provocación de Sus hijos y de Sus hijas(AO).
20 Entonces Él dijo: “Esconderé de ellos Mi rostro,
Veré cuál será su fin(AP);
Porque son una generación perversa(AQ),
Hijos en los cuales no hay fidelidad(AR).
21 Ellos me han provocado a celo con lo que no es Dios;
Me han irritado(AS) con sus ídolos[i](AT).
Yo, pues, los provocaré a celos con los que no son un pueblo;
Los irritaré con una nación insensata(AU).
22 Porque fuego se ha encendido en Mi ira,
Que quema hasta las profundidades del Seol[j](AV),
Consume la tierra con su fruto(AW),
E incendia los fundamentos de los montes.
23 ”Amontonaré calamidades(AX) sobre ellos,
Emplearé en ellos Mis flechas(AY).
24 Serán debilitados por el hambre, y consumidos por la plaga[k](AZ)
Y destrucción amarga(BA);
Dientes de fieras enviaré sobre ellos(BB),
Con veneno de serpientes que se arrastran en el polvo(BC).
25 Afuera traerá duelo la espada(BD),
Y dentro el terror,
Tanto al joven como a la virgen,
Al niño de pecho como al hombre encanecido(BE).
26 Yo hubiera dicho: ‘Los haré pedazos(BF),
Borraré la memoria de ellos de entre los hombres(BG)’,
27 Si no hubiera temido la provocación del enemigo(BH),
No sea que entendieran mal sus adversarios,
No sea que dijeran: ‘Nuestra mano ha triunfado[l],
Y no es el Señor el que ha hecho todo esto’”.
28 »Porque son una nación privada[m] de consejo,
Y no hay en ellos inteligencia(BI).
29 Ojalá que fueran sabios, que comprendieran esto(BJ),
Que comprendieran su futuro[n](BK).
30 ¿Cómo es que uno puede perseguir a mil,
Y dos hacer huir a diez mil(BL),
Si su Roca no los hubiera vendido(BM),
Y el Señor no los hubiera entregado?
31 En verdad, su roca no es como nuestra Roca;
Aun nuestros mismos enemigos así lo juzgan[o](BN).
32 Porque la vid de ellos es de la vid de Sodoma
Y de los campos de Gomorra;
Sus uvas son uvas venenosas,
Sus racimos, amargos(BO).
33 Su vino es veneno de serpientes,
Y ponzoña mortal[p] de cobras.
34 “¿No tengo Yo esto guardado conmigo,
Sellado en Mis tesoros(BP)?
35 Mía es la venganza y la retribución(BQ);
A su tiempo el pie de ellos resbalará(BR),
Porque el día de su calamidad está cerca(BS),
Ya se apresura lo que les está preparado”.
36 Porque el Señor vindicará a Su pueblo(BT)
Y tendrá compasión de Sus siervos(BU),
Cuando vea que su fuerza[q] se ha ido,
Y que nadie queda, ni siervo ni libre.
37 Entonces Él dirá: “¿Dónde están sus dioses(BV),
La roca en que buscaban refugio,
38 Que comían la grasa de sus sacrificios,
Y bebían el vino de su libación(BW)?
¡Que se levanten y los ayuden!
¡Que sean ellos su refugio(BX)!
39 Vean ahora que Yo, Yo soy el Señor[r](BY),
Y fuera de Mí no hay dios(BZ).
Yo hago morir y hago vivir(CA).
Yo hiero y Yo sano(CB),
Y no hay quien pueda librar(CC) de Mi mano.
40 Ciertamente, alzo a los cielos Mi mano(CD),
Y digo: Como que vivo Yo para siempre,
41 Cuando afile Mi espada flameante[s]
Y Mi mano empuñe la justicia(CE),
Me vengaré de Mis adversarios
Y daré el pago a los que me aborrecen(CF).
42 Embriagaré Mis flechas(CG) con sangre,
Y Mi espada se hartará de carne,
De sangre de muertos y cautivos(CH),
De los jefes[t] de larga cabellera del enemigo”.
43 Regocíjense, naciones, con Su pueblo(CI),
Porque Él vengará la sangre de Sus siervos(CJ);
Traerá venganza sobre Sus adversarios(CK),
Y hará expiación por Su tierra y Su pueblo(CL)».
Se ordena a Moisés subir al monte Nebo
44 Entonces llegó Moisés y habló todas las palabras de este cántico a oídos del pueblo, él, con Josué[u], hijo de Nun(CM). 45 Cuando terminó Moisés de hablar todas estas palabras a todo Israel, 46 les dijo: «Fijen en su corazón todas las palabras con que les advierto[v] hoy(CN): ordenarán a sus hijos que obedezcan cuidadosamente[w] todas las palabras de esta ley(CO). 47 Porque no es palabra inútil para ustedes; ciertamente es su vida(CP). Por esta palabra prolongarán sus días en la tierra adonde ustedes van, cruzando el Jordán a fin de poseerla(CQ)».
48 (CR)En aquel mismo día, el Señor le dijo a Moisés: 49 «Sube a estos montes(CS) de Abarim, al monte Nebo, que está en la tierra de Moab frente[x] a Jericó, y mira hacia la tierra de Canaán, la cual doy en posesión a los israelitas. 50 Morirás en el monte al cual subes, y serás reunido a tu pueblo(CT), así como tu hermano Aarón murió sobre el monte Hor, y fue reunido a su pueblo; 51 porque ustedes me fueron infieles en medio de los israelitas(CU) en las aguas de Meriba de Cades, en el desierto de Zin(CV), porque no me santificaron en medio de los israelitas. 52 Por tanto, solo de lejos verás la tierra(CW), pero no entrarás allí, a la tierra que doy a los israelitas(CX)».
Footnotes
- Deuteronomio 32:4 O juicio.
- Deuteronomio 32:5 Lit. se ha.
- Deuteronomio 32:8 O de Adán.
- Deuteronomio 32:10 O rugiente.
- Deuteronomio 32:13 Lit. chupar.
- Deuteronomio 32:13 Lit. de la roca de.
- Deuteronomio 32:15 I.e. Israel.
- Deuteronomio 32:19 Lit. y los despreció.
- Deuteronomio 32:21 Lit. vanidades.
- Deuteronomio 32:22 I.e. región de los muertos.
- Deuteronomio 32:24 Lit. el calor abrasador.
- Deuteronomio 32:27 Lit. está alta.
- Deuteronomio 32:28 Lit. pereciendo.
- Deuteronomio 32:29 O postrer fin.
- Deuteronomio 32:31 Lit. son jueces.
- Deuteronomio 32:33 Lit. cruel.
- Deuteronomio 32:36 Lit. mano.
- Deuteronomio 32:39 Lit. Él.
- Deuteronomio 32:41 O relampagueante.
- Deuteronomio 32:42 Lit. la cabeza.
- Deuteronomio 32:44 Lit. Oseas.
- Deuteronomio 32:46 Lit. testifico.
- Deuteronomio 32:46 Lit. obedezcan para hacer.
- Deuteronomio 32:49 Lit. que está frente.
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