Deuteronomy 32:19-27

King James Version

¹⁹And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

²⁰And 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.

²¹They 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.

²²For 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.

²³I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

²⁴They 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.

²⁵The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

²⁶I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

²⁷Were 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.

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Deuteronomy 32:19-27

New International Version

¹⁹The Lord saw this and rejected them^(A)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.^(B)
²⁰“I will hide my face^(C) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,^(D)
    children who are unfaithful.^(E)
²¹They made me jealous^(F) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.^(G)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.^(H)
²²For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,^(I)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.^(J)
It will devour^(K) the earth and its harvests^(L)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.^(M)

²³“I will heap calamities^(N) on them
    and spend my arrows^(O) against them.
²⁴I will send wasting famine^(P) against them,
    consuming pestilence^(Q) and deadly plague;^(R)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,^(S)
    the venom of vipers^(T) that glide in the dust.^(U)
²⁵In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror^(V) will reign.^(W)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.^(X)
²⁶I said I would scatter^(Y) them
    and erase their name from human memory,^(Z)
²⁷but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand^(AA)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”^(AB)

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Deuteronomy 32:19-27

New King James Version

¹⁹“And^(A) when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
²⁰And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
^(B)Children in whom is no faith.
²¹^(C)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger ^(D)by their ^[a]foolish idols.
But ^(E)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
²²For ^(F)a fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the ^[b]lowest ^[c]hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³‘I will ^(G)heap disasters on them;
^(H)I will spend My arrows on them.
²⁴They shall be wasted with hunger,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the ^(I)teeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
²⁵The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
²⁶^(J)I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
²⁷Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, ^(K)“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’