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“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
The Song of Moses
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe greatness to our God!
ascribe greatness to our God!
For I proclaim the name of the Lord:
Ascribe greatness to our God.
Ascribe greatness to our God.
“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.
“They have corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A perverse and crooked generation.
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A perverse and crooked generation.
Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
Jacob his allotted heritage.
For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
“He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
As an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
the Lord alone guided him,
no foreign god was with him.
no foreign god was with him.
So the Lord alone led him,
And there was no foreign god with him.
And there was no foreign god with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.
“He made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;
Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
With fat of lambs;
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the choicest wheat;
And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
“But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
“And when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
Children in whom is no faith.
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
Children in whom is no faith.
They have made me jealous with what is no god;
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
“‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
I will spend my arrows on them;
‘I will heap disasters on them;
I will spend My arrows on them.
I will spend My arrows on them.
they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
They shall be wasted with hunger,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the teeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the teeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces;
I will wipe them from human memory,”
I will wipe them from human memory,”
I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, “Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, “Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
“For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is no understanding in them.
and there is no understanding in them.
“For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.
Nor is there any understanding in them.
If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern their latter end!
they would discern their latter end!
Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their latter end!
That they would consider their latter end!
How could one have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
For their rock is not as our Rock;
our enemies are by themselves.
our enemies are by themselves.
For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;
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.
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
their wine is the poison of serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
and the cruel venom of asps.
Their wine is the poison of serpents,
And the cruel venom of cobras.
And the cruel venom of cobras.
“‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
sealed up in my treasuries?
sealed up in my treasuries?
‘Is this not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?
Sealed up among My treasures?
Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
Their foot shall slip in due time;
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
“For the Lord will judge His people
And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And there is no one remaining, bond or free.
And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And there is no one remaining, bond or free.
Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
the rock in which they took refuge,
He will say: ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
The rock in which they sought refuge?
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 protection!
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
“‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
‘Now see that I, even I, am He,
And there is no God besides Me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
And there is no God besides Me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
For I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
and swear, As I live forever,
For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,
And say, “As I live forever,
I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh —
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
and my sword shall devour flesh —
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.
and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe — all the words of this law.
For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
Moses’ Death Foretold
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
That very day the Lord spoke to Moses,
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying:
“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession.
“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;
And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.