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Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete:

And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

"Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

"May my teaching drip as the rain, My speech trickle as the dew, As droplets on the fresh grass, And as the showers on the vegetation.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

"For I proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe greatness to our God!

Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and just is He.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

"They have acted corruptly against Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

"Is this what you do to the LORD, You foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who has purchased you? He has made you and established you.

Do ye thus requite the Lord , O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of all generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

"When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of mankind, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

"For the LORD'S portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.

For the Lord 's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

"He found him in a desert land, And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

"As an eagle stirs up its nest, And hovers over its young, He spread His wings, He caught them, He carried them on His pinions.

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

"The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.

So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

"He had him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He had him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock,

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats, With the best of the wheat; And you drank wine of the blood of grapes.

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

"But Jeshurun became fat and kicked— You have become fat, thick, and obstinate— Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected the Rock of his salvation.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

"They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

"They sacrificed to demons, who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not know.

They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

"You forgot the Rock who fathered you, And forgot the God who gave you birth.

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

"The LORD saw this, and spurned them Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.

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

"Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

And 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.

'They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

They 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.

For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

For 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.

'I will add misfortunes to them; I will use up My arrows on them.

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

'They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by plague And a bitter epidemic; And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

They 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.

'Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror— Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.

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

'I would have said, "I will wipe them out, I will remove the mention of their name from humanity,"

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

Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not performed all this."'

Were 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.

"For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

"If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

"How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up?

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

"Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock; Even our enemies themselves judge this.

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

"For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, 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:

"Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of vipers.

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

'Is it not stored up with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; In due time their foot will slip. For the day of their disaster is near, And the impending things are hurrying to them.'

To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

"For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free.

For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

"And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge?

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

'Those 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!

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

'Indeed, I raise My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

If I have sharpened My flashing sword, And My hand has taken hold of justice, I will return vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

'I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.'

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

"Rejoice, you nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will return vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people."

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun.

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

he said to them, "Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command your sons to follow carefully, all the words of this Law.

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

"For it is not a trivial matter for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess."

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.