Verse 28

Deuteronomy 32:28

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28 “But Israel is a senseless nation; the people are foolish, without understanding.

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hebrew

כִּי ג֛וֹי אֹבַ֥ד עֵצ֖וֹת הֵ֑מָּה וְ/אֵ֥ין בָּ/הֶ֖ם תְּבוּנָֽה

English Translation

For a nation that has perished, they have no counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

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Chapter 32 Context

1 “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! Hear, O earth, the words that I say! Focus ↗

2 Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like r... Focus ↗

3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD; how glorious is our God (Elohim)! Focus ↗

4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful G... Focus ↗

5 “But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his ch... Focus ↗

6 Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who... Focus ↗

7 Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will... Focus ↗

8 When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he establ... Focus ↗

9 “For the people of Israel belong to the LORD; Jacob is his special possession. Focus ↗

10 He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched... Focus ↗

11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take... Focus ↗

12 The LORD alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods. Focus ↗

13 He let them ride over the highlands and feast on the crops of the fields. He nourished them wi... Focus ↗

14 He fed them yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, together with the fat of lambs. H... Focus ↗

15 “But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they a... Focus ↗

16 They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable d... Focus ↗

17 They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God (Elohim), to gods they had not known before,... Focus ↗

18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God (Elohim) who had given you birth.... Focus ↗

19 “The LORD saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters. Focus ↗

20 He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generatio... Focus ↗

21 They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God (Elohim); they have provoked m... Focus ↗

22 For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth... Focus ↗

23 I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows. Focus ↗

24 I will weaken them with famine, burning fever, and deadly disease. I will send the fangs of wi... Focus ↗

25 Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young w... Focus ↗

26 I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them. Focus ↗

27 But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say, “Our own power has... Focus ↗

28 “But Israel is a senseless nation; the people are foolish, without understanding.

29 Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate! Focus ↗

30 How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unle... Focus ↗

31 But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize. Focus ↗

32 Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are pois... Focus ↗

33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. Focus ↗

34 “The LORD says, ‘Am I not storing up these things, sealing them away in my treasury? Focus ↗

35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disa... Focus ↗

36 “Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people, and he will change his mind about his servants... Focus ↗

37 Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods, the rocks they fled to for refuge? Focus ↗

38 Where now are those gods, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their offe... Focus ↗

39 Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life;... Focus ↗

40 Now I raise my hand to heaven and declare, “As surely as I live, Focus ↗

41 when I sharpen my flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will take revenge on my ene... Focus ↗

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh — the blood of the slau... Focus ↗

43 “Rejoice with him, you heavens, and let all of God (Elohim)’s angels worship him. Rejoice with... Focus ↗

44 So Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people. Focus ↗

45 When Moses had finished reciting all these words to the people of Israel, Focus ↗

46 he added: “Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command... Focus ↗

47 These instructions are not empty words — they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long l... Focus ↗

48 That same day the LORD said to Moses, Focus ↗

49 “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho.... Focus ↗

50 Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother,... Focus ↗

51 For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness... Focus ↗

52 So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people o... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Deuteronomy
Chapter: Chapter 32 (52 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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