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Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
hear, you earth, 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.
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
I will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
For I proclaim the name of the Lord:
Ascribe greatness to our God.
Ascribe greatness to our God.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just 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 are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.
to their shame they are a warped and crooked 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.
Remember the days of old;
consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.
consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to 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:
For the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
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 led 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 heights of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
“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;
with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
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, 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 made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with their detestable idols.
and angered him with their detestable idols.
They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God —
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
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.
You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
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 this and rejected them
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
because he was angered by his sons and 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.
“I will hide my face from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
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 made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
“I will heap calamities on them
and spend my arrows against them.
and spend my arrows against them.
‘I will heap disasters on them;
I will spend My arrows on them.
I will spend My arrows on them.
I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide 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.
In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
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 said I would scatter them
and erase their name from human memory,
and erase their name 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,”
but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’ ”
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done 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.” ’
They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment in them.
there is no discernment 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 only they were wise and would understand this
and discern what their end will be!
and discern what their end will be!
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 man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless 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 like our Rock,
as even our enemies concede.
as even our enemies concede.
For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
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 venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
the deadly poison of cobras.
Their wine is the poison of serpents,
And the cruel venom of cobras.
And the cruel venom of cobras.
“Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?
and sealed it in my vaults?
‘Is this not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?
Sealed up among My treasures?
It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.”
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.”
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.
He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,
the rock they took refuge in,
He will say: ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
The rock in which they sought refuge?
the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
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 myself am he!
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand.
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one 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.
I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,
As surely as I live forever,
For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,
And say, “As I live forever,
when I sharpen my flashing sword
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
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.” ’
When Moses finished reciting 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 I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully 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.
They are not just idle words for you — they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
On that same day the Lord told Moses,
On that same day the Lord told 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 into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own 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;
There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.