Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to engross ourselves in the words of the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah – Amein.
The Song of Mosheh/Moses
will be a song sung and understood by those in the last days who have been
shown the way back into the presence of the Almighty – the Rapture song - Rev
15.
When Adam and Eve
disobeyed YHVH in the garden YHVH lost something very precious – an
uninterrupted and perfect love between Himself and Mankind. Why did YHVH allow
this? Because He knew and He wanted all His creation to witness that one day a
remnant of redeemed mankind would return to Him out of their own free will;
without Him having asked them; and without any ulterior motive; and they would willingly
restore to Him what had been stolen from Him. This remnant would love Him with
all their hearts, with all their beings and with all their might, forever and
ever.
Revelation 15 tells
us who this chosen remnant is:
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Mosheh the
servant of Elohim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvellous are
Your works, יהוה Ěl Shaddai! Righteous and true are Your
ways, O Sovereign of the set-apart ones!
This is why YHVH didn’t kill Lucifer and the fallen
messengers.
Why God CANNOT Kill Satan or Fallen Angels – 27min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjagYna7kA
70 lines
of the Song of Mosheh/Moses – two columns in the Torah scroll.
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1(right) Dev 32:1 “Give
ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
הַאֲזִינוּ
הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַאֲדַבֵּרָה
Line1(left) and hear, O earth, The words
(sayings) of my mouth.
וְתִשְׁמַע
הָאָרֶץ, אִמְרֵי-פִי.
All of His creation, in the heavens and on earth will hear
an end time remnant sing the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb. The Song
of Moses and the Song of the Lamb is the same song.
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(right) Dev 32:2 “Let
my instruction fall as rain,
יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי
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2(left) My
sayings shall drop down as dew
תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי
All His Torah –
from Genesis to Revelation (John 10:34 quoting Psalm 82:6 and others)
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(r) A rough pelting rain כִּשְׂעִירִם which falls on the tender
plants,
כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי-דֶשֶׁא
H8163/4 – שָׂעִיר
–– only one appearance in
the Scriptures ‘’A rough pelting rain’’ implies that there is a destructive
demonic source. A rain that destroys tender grass.
‘’Sa'ir’’ was a Hebrew word for "he-goat", and it
is not always clear what the word's original meaning might have been. But in
early Jewish thought, represented by targumim and possibly 3 Baruch, along with
translations of the Hebrew Bible such as the Peshitta and Vulgate, the se'īrīm
were understood to be demons.
Strong's H1877, when referring to weeds, usually points to
the Hebrew word "deshe" (דֶּ֫שֶׁא), which generally means
"sprout, green herb, vegetation, or grass". In the context of
weeds, it's often used to describe the "weeds among the wheat" in the
parable in Matthew 13.
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(l) And as
showers on the עֵשֶׂב grass (weeds)
H6212 עֶשֶׂב
eh'-sev - From an unused root meaning to glisten
(or be green); grass (or any tender shoot): - grass, herb.
Also, a cognate of ‘’Esav’’ עשו
H7241 רביב râbı̂yb heavy showers
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(r) Dev 32:3 “For
I will call on the Name of יהוה,
כִּי שֵׁם יְהוָה, אֶקְרָא
This is a huge
problem and only YHVH can solve it.
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4b(l) Ascribe
greatness to our Elohim
הָבוּ גֹדֶל, לֵאלֹהֵינוּ
הָבוּ
(hāvu) – ascribe or acknowledge the greatness of our Elohim He will solve this
problem.
Our hope is
that YHVH alone will destroy this unique and devastating ‘seed’’
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32:4 “The Rock! His work is perfect,
הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ
The Master – the Rock is now introduced – (1 Cor 10:4) to
take care of this problem.
Mat
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of
harvest I shall say to the reapers, “First gather the darnel and bind them in
bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary.” ’ ”
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(l) For all His
ways are right ruling, (Messiah)
כִּי כָל-דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט
Hebrew mishpat מִשְׁפָּט
emphasizes fair, righteous decision-making
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6 (r) An Ěl of truth and without unrighteousness, (moral distortion)
אֵל אֱמוּנָה וְאֵין עָוֶל
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(l) just and
right (straight) is He.
צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוּא.
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(r) Deut 32:5“he became corrupt with the moral stains that were not His but
those of his sons.”
שִׁחֵת לוֹ לֹא, בָּנָיו מוּמָם
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דּוֹר עִקֵּשׁ, וּפְתַלְתֹּל
A generation perverse and twisted and morally
torturous.
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this how you repay YHVH?” (enlarged הַ)
לְיְהוָה, תִּגְמְלוּ-זֹאת
תִּגְמְלוּ - second person plural
imperfect - Is this how you (will) repay – future tense.
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foolish and unwise nation
עַם נָבָל, וְלֹא חָכָם
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9 (r) Is He not your Father, who bought you,
הֲלוֹא-הוּא אָבִיךָ קָּנֶךָ
1 Cor 6:20
says we have been bought קָּנֶךָ with a price!!!
1Co
6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the Dwelling Place of the
Set-apart Spirit who is in you, which you have from Elohim, and you are not
your own? 1Co 6:20 For you were bought with a price, therefore
esteem Elohim in your body and in your spirit, which are of Elohim
That’s
why idolatry should not be and will not be tolerated in our lives – we belong
to Him and Him alone.
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9(l) Who
created you and established you
הוּא עָשְׂךָ וַיְכֹנְנֶךָ
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Dev 32:7 “Remember the days of old,
זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם
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10(l) Consider the
years of many generations.
בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דֹּר-וָדֹר
From
generation to generation the scriptures testify YHVH’s faithfulness and
mankind’s unfaithfulness.
Deut. 9:24 – “You have been rebellious against YHVH
from the day that I knew you.”
‘’humanity as a whole has never produced a generation that
fully and wholeheartedly served YHVH.’’
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let him show you
שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ וְיַגֵּדְךָ
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say to you:
זְקֵנֶיךָ וְיֹאמְרוּ לָךְ
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Dev 32:8 “When
the Most High gave the nations their inheritance (allotments)
בְּהַנְחֵל
עֶלְיוֹן גּוֹיִם,
After the worldwide destruction of the flood (Gen 6) a
surviving remnant of mankind under the guidance of fallen angels decided to try
and protect themselves from all future judgments and they built a demonic
stronghold in defiance to YHVH – Tower of Babel.
Gen
11:8 And יהוה scattered them from there,
over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Gen 11:9 That is why
its name was called Baḇel,c because there יהוה confused the language of all
the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over the face
of all the earth. Footnote: cBaḇel is derived from a verb which means “to
confuse.”
Line12(l) When He separated (parted פּרד) the sons of Aḏam,
בְּהַפְרִידוֹ
בְּנֵי אָדָם
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יַצֵּב
גְּבֻלֹת עַמִּים
The
European headquarters in Strasbourg is built like an incomplete tower of Babel.
In other words they see their mission on earth to complete this tower in
defiance against any future threats of global annihilation of mankind.
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the children of Yisra’ĕl (בְּנֵי
אֱלֹהִים – benei Elohim)."
לְמִסְפַּר
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
The Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran texts) and the Septuagint (LXX)
both support the reading "sons of God" (בני אלהים)
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Dev 32:9 “For(because) the portion of יהוה is His people,
כִּי חֵלֶק
יְהוָה, עַמּוֹ
Gen 12 (after
events of Gen 11) describes YHVH’s intention of calling a set apart people from
all the nations of the earth – Abraham – the first Hebrew.
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יַעֲקֹב,
חֶבֶל נַחֲלָתוֹ.
From the seed of Abraham would come Yakov and his 12 sons
who would form the ‘’allotted’’ חבל
– measured separated portion which is His inheritance נחלה or family on earth.
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Dev 32:10 “He
found him in a wilderness,
יִמְצָאֵהוּ
בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר
Heb
“yimtzeoo” means “he will find him”
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desert.
וּבְתֹהוּ
יְלֵל
יְשִׁמֹן
Both historical as well as a future application.
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He encompassed him, He made him understand,
יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ,
יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ
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His eye.
יִצְּרֶנְהוּ,
כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ
Zec
2:8 (Ps
17:8) For thus said יהוה of hosts (for the sake of
esteem He sent me to the nations which plunder you): “For he who touches you
touches the apple of My eye.
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32:11 “As
an eagle stirs up its nest,
כְּנֶשֶׁר
יָעִיר קִנּוֹ,
יָעִיר to wake (literally or
figuratively)
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17(l) Flutters יְרַחֵף over its young,
עַל-גּוֹזָלָיו יְרַחֵף
Over His fledglings’ chicks
גּוֹזָלָיו of him he is ‘’vibrating’’ יְרַחֵף see Gen 1:2
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Spreading out its wings, taking them up
יִפְרֹשׂ
כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ,
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(his) wings.
יִשָּׂאֵהוּ
עַל-אֶבְרָתוֹ
Rev
12:14 And the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, to fly into the
wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and
half a time, Dan_7:25, Dan_12:7 from the presence of the
serpent.
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(r) Dev
32:12 “יהוה alone led him,
יְהוָה, בָּדָד יַנְחֶנּוּ
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mighty one with him.
וְאֵין עִמּוֹ, אֵל נֵכָר
YHVH didn’t need any help to defeat Israels enemies.
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20(r) Dev 32:13 “He
made him ride in the heights of the earth
יַרְכִּבֵהוּ
עַל-במותי בָּמֳתֵי אָרֶץ
Lit. Heb. states – He caused him to ride on the high
places of the high places (Heb –‘’bâmâh’’ high places of worship). Note how
these two words which mean the same are differently spelled
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20(l) And he
ate the fruit of the fields,
וַיֹּאכַל
תְּנוּבֹת שָׂדָי
Eze 36:30 “And I shall increase (tenûbâh) the fruit of your trees
and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach
of scarcity of food among the nations.
Eze 36:31 “And you shall remember your evil ways
and your deeds that were not good. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own
eyes, for your crookednesses and your abominations.
Eze 36:32 “Not for your sake am I acting,” declares
the Master יהוה,
“let it be known to you. Be ashamed and blush for your ways, O house of
Yisra’ěl!”
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And He made him draw (suck) honey from the rock
וַיֵּנִקֵהוּ
דְבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע, -
Psa
19:7 The Torah of יהוה is perfect, bringing back the being … Psa 19:10 More
desirable than gold, Than much fine gold; And sweeter than honey and the
honeycomb.
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21(l) And
oil (m) from the flinty rock,
וְשֶׁמֶן
מֵחַלְמִישׁ צוּר
Blessings of
wilderness guidance and provision from unlikely sources.
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22(r) Dev 32:14 “Curds
from the cattle, And milk of the flock
חֶמְאַת
בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן
‘’kefir’’ or חֶמְאַ
is fermented or matured milk which is very nutritious and can sustain a desert
wonderer for a long period of time.
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22(l) With fat
of lambs
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23(r) And
rams of the breed of Bashan, And goats, vs 14
בְּנֵי-בָשָׁן וְעַתּוּדִים
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23(l) with the
choicest wheat.
YHVH
provided His people with the choicest portions of meat and wheat.
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24(r) And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
וְדַם-עֵנָב, תִּשְׁתֶּה-חָמֶר
This is possibly an important turning point in the song–
Despite Israel’s abundant provision they celebrate YHVH’s appointed times with
malice and deceit.
Isa 1:11 “Of what use to Me are your many slaughterings?” declares יהוה. “I have had enough of ascending offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats. Isa 1:13 “Stop bringing futile offerings, incense, it is an abomination to Me. New moons, Sabbaths, the calling of gatherings – I am unable to bear unrighteousness and assembly. Isa 1:14 “My being hates your New moons and your appointed times, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.
See 1 Cor 11 – Mat 5:23-24
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(l) Dev
32:15 “But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked
וַיִּשְׁמַן
יְשֻׁרוּן וַיִּבְעָט
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25(r) You grew fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat;
שָׁמַנְתָּ
עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ
Your appointed feasts had no spiritual significance – they
just made you fat.
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25(l) So he
forsook Eloah who made him
וַיִּטֹּשׁ
אֱלוֹהַּ עָשָׂהוּ
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26(r) And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.
וַיְנַבֵּל
צוּר יְשֻׁעָתוֹ
And you treated with contempt (Heb. “va yin a bel”) the ‘’Rock’’ who
brought you salvation.
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26(l) Dev
32:16 “They moved Him to jealousy with foreign matters,
יַקְנִאֻהוּ,
בְּזָרִים
Foreign (zarim) contrasts sharply with YHVH’s known
character and deeds as revealed in the Torah.
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(r) With abominations they provoked Him.
בְּתוֹעֵבֹת,
יַכְעִיסֻהוּ
The “abominations” (toʿevot) here almost certainly refers to the
rituals of foreign gods – these include Christmas, easter and Sunday worship -
Images or idols (cf. Deut 27:15) Child sacrifice (Deut 12:31; Jer 32:35) Sexual
rites tied to pagan shrines (Lev 18:24–30).
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27 (l) Dev
32:17 “They slaughtered to demons – not Eloah
יִזְבְּחוּ,
לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּ
Paul directly addresses the idea of slaughtering/sacrificing
to demons in 1 Corinthians 10:20–21, and he’s clearly echoing Deuteronomy
32:17, the very verse after בְּתוֹעֵבֹת
יַכְעִיסֻהוּ.
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28(r) Mighty ones they did not know
אֱלֹהִים,
לֹא יְדָעוּם
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28(l) New ones
who came lately
חֲדָשִׁים
מִקָּרֹב בָּאוּ
Idiomatically: “recently” or “from nearby.” “From recent
times” — not part of Israel’s long history.
Perhaps one of the most powerful ‘’new gods’’ that have come
into the world is what scholars call ‘’antinomianism’’ – the Torah of YHVH has
been done away with. What about the doctrine of the trinity?
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29(r) Which your fathers did not fear.
א שְׂעָרוּם אֲבֹתֵיכֶם
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Rock who brought you forth
צוּר יְלָדְךָ, תֶּשִׁי
The Messiah was
misrepresented – 2 Cor 11:3,4. If we get the Messiah wrong we get everything
wrong.
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30(r) And
forgot the Ěl who fathered you.
וַתִּשְׁכַּח,
אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ
And
forgot/ignored (shâkach) the Ěl (Yahshua) who travailed for you
חיל
The
evidence that a people or nation has forgotten YHVH is when they no longer care
for the widow and orphan. These are nations and peoples controlled by foreign
gods.
Psa
82:4 Rescue the poor and needy; Deliver them from the hand of the
wrong. Psa 82:5 They do not know, nor do they understand, They walk
about in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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30(l) Dev 32:19 “And יהוה saw, and he was despised
וַיַּרְא
יְהוָה, וַיִּנְאָץ
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provocation of His sons and His daughters.
מִכַּעַס
בָּנָיו, וּבְנֹתָיו
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31(l) Dev
32:20 “And He said, ‘Let Me hide סָתַר
My face from them
וַיֹּאמֶר,
אַסְתִּירָה פָנַי מֵהֶם
Deu 31:18 “And I shall certainly hide סָתַר My face in that day, because
of all the evil which they have done, for they shall turn to other mighty
ones. Deu 31:19 “And now write down this song for yourselves, and
teach it to the children of Yisra’ěl. Put it in their mouths, so that this
song is to Me for a witness against the children of Yisra’ěl.
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32(r) Let Me see what their (latter)end is, vs 20
אֶרְאֶה,
מָה אַחֲרִיתָם
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32(l) For they
are a perverse generation
דוֹר תַּהְפֻּכֹת הֵמָּה
Hebrew –
“they turn things upside down” – תַּהְפֻּכָה – overturn or pervert
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33(r) Children
in whom there is no trusting. (no loyalty)
בָּנִים
לֹא-אֵמֻן בָּם.
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Dev 32:21 “They
made Me jealous by what is not Ěl,
הֵם קִנְאוּנִי בְלֹא-אֵל
In the
Torah scroll this “ El” has a tittel over it - Moshe is drawing our
attention to a hidden meaning – These are other gods – the gods of the nations.
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34(r) They provoked Me with their worthless matters.
כִּעֲסוּנִי
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם
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34(l) They
have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god
הֵם קִנְאוּנִי בְלֹא-אֵל
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35(r) I provoke them with a foolish nation.
בְּגוֹי
נָבָל אַכְעִיסֵם
Rom
11:14 if somehow I might provoke to jealousy Deu_32:21 those
who are my flesh and save some of them.
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35(l) Dev
32:22 “For a fire was kindled in My wrath
כִּי-אֵשׁ קָדְחָה בְאַפִּי
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36(r) And burns to the bottom of She’ol, vs 22
וַתִּיקַד
עַד-שְׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּית
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36(l) And
consumes the earth and its increase,
וַתֹּאכַל
אֶרֶץ וִיבֻלָהּ
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37(r) And sets on fire the foundations of mountains.
וַתְּלַהֵט
מוֹסְדֵי
הָרִים
The hidden foundations מוֹסְדֵי
of the high places – spiritual stronholds.
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37(l) Deu
32:23 “I gather (heap) evils upon them,
אַסְפֶּה
עָלֵימוֹ, רָעוֹת
The song addresses
YHVH’s servants who don’t escape into the wilderness.
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38(r) I use up My arrows upon them
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38(l) Dev
32:24 “Wasted by scarcity of food, and consumed by heat and
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39(r) bitter
destruction,
וְקֶטֶב
מְרִירִי
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39(l) And the
teeth of beasts I send upon them,
וְשֶׁן-בְּהֵמֹת, אֲשַׁלַּח-בָּם
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40(r) With
the poison of serpents of the dust.
עִם-חֲמַת, זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר.
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40(l) Deu 32:25 “The sword bereaves from the outside,
מִחוּץ, תְּשַׁכֶּל-חֶרֶב
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41(r) And fear from within,
וּמֵחֲדָרִים,
אֵימָה
And horrors from your innermost chambers
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41(l) Both young
man and maiden,
גַּם-בָּחוּר גַּם-בְּתוּלָה
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42(r) Nursing child with the man of grey hairs.
יוֹנֵק,
עִם-אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה
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42(l) Deu 32:26 “I
said, ‘I should blow them away,
אָמַרְתִּי,
אַפְאֵיהֶם
Root: פאה
(paʾah) “to
annihilate to the extremities.” Found only once in the scriptures.
Yahveh is speaking about judgment on Israel for covenant
unfaithfulness.
“I said, I would scatter them, I would erase the memory of
them from mankind…”
This is hyperbolic covenant-curse language, echoing the warnings of Deut 28:64
and Lev 26:33.
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43(r) I should eradicate from men the remembrance of them vs 26
אַשְׁבִּיתָה
מֵאֱנוֹשׁ, זִכְרָם
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43(l) Dev
32:27 ‘If I did not fear the enemy’s taunt (weak translation)
לוּלֵי, כַּעַס אוֹיֵב אָגוּר
‘’Unless I shrink away אָגוּר
from the vexation of the enemy’’ (the enemy will perceive YHVH as weak and
taunt Him if He doesn’t act against all this idolatry)
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44(r) Lest their adversaries
misunderstand, vs 27
פֶּן-יְנַכְּרוּ,
צָרֵימוֹ
lest his
adversaries misconstrue (and say)…”
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44(l) Lest they say, “Our hand is high
פֶּן-יֹאמְרוּ יָדֵנוּ רָמָה
Idiomatically: “our hand is raised high” →
“our power is great / triumphant.”
Line 45(r) And יהוה has not done all this.”
וְלֹא
יְהוָה
פָּעַל
כָּל-זֹאת
Lit “and not YHWH did all this.” This is the
false claim YHVH is concerned the nations would make — taking credit for
Israel’s downfall themselves and denying that it was YHVH’s work of covenant
judgment.
Maybe the biggest enemy of the end time
believers will be fellow believers in the camp trying to deceive them.
‘’Yes — historically and biblically,
Israel’s most persistent and dangerous enemies have often been internal
rather than external. This is a consistent theme in Scripture, as well as
in historical experience.’’
Line 45(l) Dev 32:28 “For they are a nation lost to counsel
כִּי-גוֹי אֹבַד עֵצוֹת, הֵמָּה;
Line 46(r) And there is no understanding in them. Vs 28
וְאֵין
בָּהֶם,
תְּבוּנָה
Line 46(l) Dev 32:29 “If they were wise, they would understand this
לוּ חָכְמוּ, יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת; If only לוּ
Line 47(r) They would consider their latter end!
יָבִינוּ,
לְאַחֲרִיתָם.
Line 47(l) Dev 32:30 “How would one chase a thousand,
אֵיכָה
יִרְדֹּף אֶחָד, אֶלֶף
Line 48(r) And two put ten thousand to flight,
וּשְׁנַיִם,
יָנִיסוּ
רְבָבָה:
Moses is now referring to Israels
humiliating defeat by her enemies. The Chumash – Page1107 comments that
Israel’s non -Jewish conquerors are now convinced of their own invincibility
because they are too foolish to realize what was happening to Israel by the
hand of their enemies - vs 29 continues -
Line 48(l) Unless their Rock had sold them
כִּי-צוּרָם מְכָרָם,
Rev 13:7 And it was given to him to fight with the set-apart ones
and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and
tongue and nation. Rev 13:8 And all those dwelling on the earth,
whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from
the foundation of the world shall worship him.
Destiny of end time believers - Jer 15:2 “And it shall be, when
they say to you, ‘Where do we go?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Those for death, to death.
And those for the sword, to the sword. And those for scarcity of food, to
scarcity of food. And those for captivity, to captivity.” ’
Eze 6:8 “But I shall leave a remnant, in that some of you shall
escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered throughout the
lands.
Line 49(r) And יהוה had they given up?
וַיהוָה
הִסְגִּירָם.
Line 49(l) Dev 32:31 “For their rock is not like our Rock
כִּי
לֹא
כְצוּרֵנוּ,
צוּרָם;
Even the enemies themselves (next clause: וְאֹיְבֵינוּ פְּלִילִים) are forced to admit
the difference.
Line 50(r) Even our enemies are judges
וְאֹיְבֵינוּ,
פְּלִילִים
Here פְּלִילִים doesn’t mean that
Israel’s enemies are literally judges in a court, but that even Israel’s
enemies can see and acknowledge the difference — they themselves are witnesses
to the superiority of Israel’s God over theirs.
Line 50(l) Deu 32:32 “Their vine is of the vine of Seḏom
כִּי-מִגֶּפֶן סְדֹם גַּפְנָם
The Sodom imagery underscores that their
seeming strength is false and will not endure, unlike Israel’s YHVH-given
Rock and vine.
The Chumash says that Israel suffered
because they behaved like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah ‘as if the Jews were
transplants of those two evil cities that became the prototype of wickedness.
As a result, Israel had suffered what it had brought upon themselves – their
vine turned into poison ‘’ Rashi.
Rev 11:8 and their dead bodies lie in the street of the
great city which spiritually is called Seḏom and Mitsrayim, where also our
Master was impaled,
Line 51(r). And of the fields of Amorah.
וּמִשַּׁדְמֹת עֲמֹרָה
This builds on כִּי מִגֶּפֶן סְדֹם גַּפְנָם (“for their vine is the
vine of Sodom”) in v. 32. Together, “vine of Sodom” and “fields of
Gomorrah” symbolize apparent prosperity rooted in wickedness. The poetic contrast is with Israel’s vine and
land, which are blessed by YHVH.
Line 51(l) Their grapes are grapes of gall
עֲנָבֵמוֹ,
עִנְּבֵי-רוֹשׁ—
Prophetic imagery emphasizes that their
prosperity is not wholesome or life-giving, unlike Israel’s vine, which is
blessed and fruitful.
Line 52(r) Their clusters are bitter.
אַשְׁכְּלֹת
מְרֹרֹת,
לָמוֹ
In other words, what seems fruitful and
prosperous brings ruin and bitterness — a prophetic warning about the vanity
and moral corruption of the nations.
Line 52(l) Dev 32:33 “Their wine is the poison of serpents,
חֲמַת
תַּנִּינִם,
יֵינָם;
The Song prophetically emphasizes that what
the nations produce may seem like sustenance or prosperity, but it is
spiritually and morally poisonous, unlike Israel’s blessed vine under YHVH.
Line 53(r). And the fierce venom of cobras.
וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים, אַכְזָר.
“Their wine is like the venom of serpents.”
emphasizes that what the nations produce may seem like sustenance or
prosperity, but it is spiritually and morally poisonous, unlike Israel’s
blessed vine under YHVH.
Line 53(l) Dev 32:34 ‘Is it not stored up with Me,
הֲלֹא-הוּא, כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי;
“Surely it is hidden with me” (under YHVH’s
control)
Line 54(r) Sealed up among My treasures.
חָתוּם,
בְּאוֹצְרֹתָי literally
“Sealed in my storehouses.”
Now shifting the focus from Israel’s enemies
to YHVH’s own power and authority.
YHVH is saying that vengeance, judgment, or
strength against the enemies is preserved and ready, securely stored by Him.
Line 54(l) Dev 32:35 ‘Vengeance is Mine, and repayment,
לִי
נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם
The Hebrew verb (shillem) speaks of a
deserved punishment, in the sense of a repayment for whatever wrong was done by
a person. The point is that the punishment is deserved, and it is ultimately
only YHVH Who has the right to avenge the wrongdoers, giving them what they
deserve.
According to Rashi – conversation of the
nation’s ends and now reverts back to Israel
Line 55(r) At the time their foot slips.
לְעֵת
תָּמוּט
רַגְלָם
– (when you begin to feel all hope is gone)
The slipping of the foot is a frequent
image of a reverse of fortune Ps 94:18-
If I say my foot slips תָּמוּט
Your kindness (chesed) – Oh YHVH is already embracing me.
Line 55(l) For near is the day of their calamity,
כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם,
Calamity(0343) ed means distress. This Hebrew word (ed) often refers to final, life-ending calamity . The (Pr 6:15)Lxx translates ed with the noun apoleia which means utter and hopeless loss of all that gives worth to existence.
Line56(r) And the matters prepared are hastening to
them.
וְחָשׁ
עֲתִדֹת
לָמוֹ
“And He keeps in store the future for them”
/ “And the time of their punishment is reserved.”
Line 56(l) Dev 32:36 “For יהוה rightly rules His people
כִּי-יָדִין יְהוָה עַמּוֹ
YHVH executing justice on behalf of His people
Line 57(r) And has compassion on His servants,
וְעַל-עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם
YHVH shows mercy or compassion toward His
people.
Line 57(l) When He sees that their power is gone,
כִּי-אָזְלַת יָד
“For when the hand is exhausted” or when
strength fails”
Line 58(r) And there is no one remaining, Shut up or at large.
וְאֶפֶס
עָצוּר
וְעָזוּב
“And there is none restrained or abandoned”
“When there is no one to help, no defender, and all are forsaken.”
Line 58(l) Dev 32:37 “And He shall say, ‘Where are their mighty ones
וְאָמַר,
אֵי אֱלֹהֵימוֹ
Now
Israel is coming to their senses, they realize they were worshipping false gods
and not YHVH.
Line 59(r) The rock in whom they sought refuge.
צוּר,
חָסָיוּ
בוֹ
“They trusted in the Rock.”
Line 59(l) Dev 32:38 ‘Who ate the fat of their slaughterings,
אֲשֶׁר
חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ
“Who eat the fat of their sacrifices.”
Line 60(r) And drank the wine of their drink offering
יִשְׁתּוּ
יֵין
נְסִיכָם;
“They will drink the wine of their
libations.”(wine offerings)
Line 60(l) Let them arise and help you
יָקוּמוּ,
וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם
“They will rise and help you.”
Line 61(r) Let it be a hiding-place for you!
יְהִי
עֲלֵיכֶם,
סִתְרָה.
Line 61(l) Dev 32:39 ‘See now that I, I am He,
רְאוּ
עַתָּה, כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא
“Look now! I am the one and only.” a
climactic declaration in the Song of Moses, emphasizing YHVH’s unique
sovereignty and power.
Line 62(r) And there is no Elohim besides Me.
וְאֵין
אֱלֹהִים, עִמָּדִי:
“And there is no god beside me.”
Together, these lines form the prophetic
climax of YHVH’s declaration of sovereignty, emphasizing: He alone is
YHVH, judge, and saviour, and there is no rival or equal.
Line 62(l) I put to death, and I make alive.
אֲנִי
אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה,
“I bring death and give life.”
Line 63(r) I have wounded, and I heal.
מָחַצְתִּי
וַאֲנִי
אֶרְפָּא,
“I strike, and I heal.”
Line 63(l) And from My hand no one delivers!
וְאֵין מִיָּדִי,
מַצִּיל
“And there is no one who can save from my
hand.”
Line 64(r). Dev 32:40 ‘For I lift My hand to the heavens,
כִּי-אֶשָּׂא אֶל-שָׁמַיִם, יָדִי;
YHVH lifts His Hand in an oath to the
heavens to declare His judgment against the persecutors Israel
Line 64(l) And shall say: As I live forever,
וְאָמַרְתִּי,
חַי אָנֹכִי לְעֹלָם
“And I declare: I live eternally.”
Line 65(r) Dev 32:41 If I have sharpened My flashing sword,
אִם-שַׁנּוֹתִי בְּרַק חַרְבִּי
“If I brandish my sword like lightning.”
Line 65(l) And My hand takes hold on judgment,
וְתֹאחֵז
בְּמִשְׁפָּט
יָדִי
“And He will wield His Hand in judgment.”
Line 66(r) I shall return vengeance to My enemies,
אָשִׁיב נָקָם לְצָרָי
“I will repay vengeance to my enemies.”
Line 66(l) And repay those who hate Me.
וְלִמְשַׂנְאַי אֲשַׁלֵּם
“And to those who hate me I will fully
repay.”
Line 67(r) Dev 32:42 I make
My arrows drunk with blood,
אַשְׁכִּיר
חִצַּי
מִדָּם
Line 67(l) And My sword devours flesh,
וְחַרְבִּי
תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר
Line 68(r) With the blood of the slain and the captives,
מִדַּם חָלָל וְשִׁבְיָה
Line 68(l) From the long-haired enemy chiefs.
מֵרֹאשׁ
פַּרְעוֹת אוֹיֵב
“from the head of the enemy’s chiefs”
cutting off the source of their uprising.
Line 69(r) Deu 32:43 “O nations, acclaim His people *****
Should read “Let all the messengers of Elohim do reverence to Him.”
From Heb 1:6 And when He again brings the first-born into the world, He
says, “Let all the messengers of Elohim do reverence to Him.”
4 Q is a reference to the Dead Sea Scroll which shows that the Masoretic
text which we now use, was tampered with to hide direct references to the
Messiah. The Septuagint also bears witness to the tampering.
Line 69(l) For He avenges נקם
the blood of His servants
כִּי
דַם-עֲבָדָיו יִקּוֹם
Line 70(r). And returns vengeance to His adversaries, vs 43
וְנָקָם יָשִׁיב לְצָרָיו
Line 70(l) And shall pardon His land, His people.
וְכִפֶּר
אַדְמָתוֹ עַמּוֹ
“And He will atone for His land, His
people.”
Conclusion:
If we ignore this song or think it does not apply to us – we do so at
our own peril.
However, if we internalize this song and pray for YHVH’s insight and
mercy –I believe He will deliver us and bring us into the millennial reign of
the Messiah.
Blessed are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given
us your Torah of truth and have planted everlasting life within our midst.
Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah. Amein.