Biblical Concept: Alone

 

Findings

 

“It is not good for the man to be alone.” (Humans, social.)

Noah: A spiritually alone household.

Judiciary: Alone versus Shared.

“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed.”

Triune God of the Bible: alone worship.

Alone: the unique life of Moses.

Moses not alone: 70 political helpers.

Alone political leader versus local politicians.

Alone, bread, spiritual things.  Man is a spiritual creature.

“The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.” (See Deuteronomy 32:12 below.)

“Thou art the God, Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.” (See 2 Kings 19:15 below.)

So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the LORD alone.”

“Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men”

“My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen”

“Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone.”

“Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.”

“I alone am left.”

“Thou alone, O LORD, art God.”

“Thou alone art the LORD.”

Day of reckoning: “the LORD alone will be exalted in that day”

God: “I have trodden the wine trough alone.”

“In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O LORD, dost make me to dwell in safety.”

God alone: God needs no help.

“No one is good except God alone.”

“who can forgive sins but God alone”

“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

“you to be scattered” …  “to leave Me alone”

“in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone”

“who alone possesses immortality”

“Thou alone art holy”

 

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NAS Genesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." (“It is not good for the man to be alone.”) (Humans, social.)

NAS Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household; for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time. (Noah: A spiritually alone household.) (Sin is the majority position on the planet.  See Genesis 6:5-13.  Note Genesis 4:26b.  From Genesis 4:26b to Genesis 6:5, sin has made a planetary takeover.  Note the angelic help.)

NAS Genesis 32:24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

NAS Genesis 42:38 But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

NAS Genesis 44:20 "And we said to my lord, 'We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.'

NAS Exodus 4:26 So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood "-- because of the circumcision.

NAS Exodus 12:16 'And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.

NAS Exodus 14:12 "Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians '? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."

NAS Exodus 18:14 Now when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?"

 18 "You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. (Judiciary: Alone versus Shared.)

NAS Exodus 21:3 "If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

 4 "If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone.

NAS Exodus 22:20 "He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed. (All) (Triune God of the Bible: alone worship.) (See Biblical Concept: Other gods.)

NAS Exodus 24:2 "Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him." (Alone: the unique life of Moses.)

NAS Exodus 32:10 "Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them, and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

NAS Leviticus 13:46 "He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.

NAS Numbers 11:14 "I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.

 17 "Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you shall not bear it all alone. (Moses not alone: 70 political helpers.)

NAS Deuteronomy 1:9 "And I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

  12 'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? (Alone political leader versus local politicians. See verses 13-17.)

NAS Deuteronomy 8:3 "And He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. (Alone, bread, spiritual things.  Man is a spiritual creature.)

NAS Deuteronomy 9:14 'Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'

NAS Deuteronomy 29:14 "Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,

NAS Deuteronomy 32:12 "The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.  (“The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.”) (Triune God of the Bible ALONE: Read the Song of Moses Pericope of 32:1-43.  The subject is: Focus and fidelity to the Triune God of the Bible versus the spiritual disaster of polytheism.  National spiritual greatness versus national spiritual disaster.  See Biblical Concepts: Other gods; God, Jealous.)

NAS Joshua 11:13 However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.

NAS Joshua 13:12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses struck them and dispossessed them.

NAS Joshua 22:20 'Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.'"

NAS Judges 3:20 And Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat.

NAS Judges 11:37 And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions."

NAS 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

 4 So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the LORD alone. (All)

NAS 1 Samuel 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you."

NAS 1 Samuel 21:1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David, and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?"

NAS 1 Samuel 25:24 And she fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

NAS 2 Samuel 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, responded, "Do not let my lord suppose they have put to death all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead; because by the intent of Absalom this has been determined since the day that he violated his sister Tamar.

NAS 2 Samuel 16:11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.

NAS 2 Samuel 17:2 "And I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and will terrify him so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

NAS 1 Kings 8:39 then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men, (“Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men”)

NAS 1 Kings 11:29 And it came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.

NAS 1 Kings 14:13 "And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's family shall come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

NAS 1 Kings 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.

NAS 1 Kings 19:10 And he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, torn down Thine altars and killed Thy prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."

 14 Then he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, torn down Thine altars and killed Thy prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." (“I alone am left.”)

NAS 1 Kings 22:31 Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." (Regicide: Political decapitation.)

NAS 2 Kings 4:27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."

NAS 2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, Thou art the God, Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made heaven and earth. (“Thou art the God, Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.”) (What made 1/3 of the Cherubim rebel against God?  Perhaps the reality that they could never be alone from God made them delude themselves?  Thinking their volition could do something that could never be done.  God’s creation can never separate from Him.) (Compare: Free Will Theorem)

 19 "And now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, O LORD, art God." (“Thou alone, O LORD, art God.”) (Mission Israel: Planetary evangelism.) (See: Jews, God’s Evangelical Tool.)

NAS 2 Kings 23:18 And he said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

NAS 1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LORD God. (“My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen”)

NAS 2 Chronicles 6:30 then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men, (“Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men”)

NAS 2 Chronicles 18:30 Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone."

NAS 2 Chronicles 32:31 And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

NAS Ezra 6:7 "Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

NAS Nehemiah 9:6 "Thou alone art the LORD. Thou hast made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. Thou dost give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before Thee. (“Thou alone art the LORD.”) (1/3 of the heavenly host refuse to bow down.)

NAS Esther 3:6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

NAS Job 1:15 and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

 16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

 17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

 19 and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

NAS Job 7:16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

 19 "Wilt Thou never turn Thy gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

NAS Job 9:8 Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea;

NAS Job 10:20 "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

NAS Job 15:19 To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them.

NAS Job 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

NAS Psalm 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For Thou alone, O LORD, dost make me to dwell in safety. (All)

NAS Psalm 71:16 I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God; I will make mention of Thy righteousness, Thine alone.

NAS Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders.

NAS Psalm 83:18 That they may know that Thou alone, whose name is the LORD, Art the Most High over all the earth.

NAS Psalm 86:10 For Thou art great and doest wondrous deeds; Thou alone art God.

NAS Psalm 136:4 To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

NAS Psalm 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven.

NAS Proverbs 5:17 Let them be yours alone, And not for strangers with you.

NAS Proverbs 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

NAS Proverbs 29:19 A slave will not be instructed by words alone; For though he understands, there will be no response.

NAS Ecclesiastes 4:11 Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?

 12 And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

NAS Isaiah 2:11 The proud look of man will be abased, And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. (Day of reckoning: “the LORD alone will be exalted in that day”)

 17 And the pride of man will be humbled, And the loftiness of men will be abased, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

NAS Isaiah 5:8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

NAS Isaiah 26:13 O LORD our God, other masters besides Thee have ruled us; But through Thee alone we confess Thy name.

NAS Isaiah 37:16 "O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, Thou art the God, Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made heaven and earth. (God alone: What made 1/3 of the Cherubim rebel against God?  Perhaps the reality that they could never be alone from God made them delude themselves?  Thinking their volition could do something that could never be done.  God’s creation can never separate from Him.) (Compare: Free Will Theorem)

 20 "And now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, LORD, art God." (“His hand” = “Sennacherib king of Assyria.”) (Mission Israel: Earth know God.)

NAS Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone, (God alone: God needs no help.)

NAS Isaiah 49:21 "Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children, And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come?'"

NAS Isaiah 63:3 "I have trodden the wine trough alone, And from the peoples there was no man with Me. I also trod them in My anger, And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My raiment. (God alone.) (God, Spiritual Radical.) (God: “I have trodden the wine trough alone.”)

NAS Jeremiah 15:17 I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Thy hand upon me I sat alone, For Thou didst fill me with indignation. (Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found and I ate them, And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts.)

NAS Jeremiah 34:7 when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they alone remained as fortified cities among the cities of Judah.

NAS Jeremiah 49:31 "Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely," declares the LORD. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone.

NAS Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.

NAS Ezekiel 9:8 Then it came about as they were striking and I alone was left, that I fell on my face and cried out saying, "Alas, Lord God! Art Thou destroying the whole remnant of Israel by pouring out Thy wrath on Jerusalem?"

NAS Ezekiel 14:16 though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord God, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.

 18 even though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord God, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

NAS Daniel 10:7 Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great dread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

 8 So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.

NAS Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone. (All)

NAS Hosea 8:9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.

NAS Hosea 9:4 They will not pour out libations of wine to the LORD, Their sacrifices will not please Him. Their bread will be like mourners' bread; All who eat of it will be defiled, For their bread will be for themselves alone; It will not enter the house of the LORD.

NAS Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" (“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”)

NAS Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

NAS Matthew 14:23 And after He had sent the multitudes away, He went up to the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

NAS Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." (“Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.”)

NAS Matthew 17:8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus Himself alone.

NAS Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

NAS Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. (Holy Spirit not mentioned, Jesus in veiled status.)

NAS Mark 2:7 "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?" (“who can forgive sins but God alone”)

NAS Mark 4:10 And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

NAS Mark 6:47 And when it was evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He was alone on the land.

NAS Mark 9:8 And all at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

NAS Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. (“No one is good except God alone.”)

NAS Mark 13:32 "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

NAS Mark 14:6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.

NAS Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'" (“Man shall not live on bread alone.”)

NAS Luke 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" (“Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”)

NAS Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

NAS Luke 9:18 And it came about that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

NAS Luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him, and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me."

NAS Luke 13:8 "And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

NAS Luke 18:19 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

NAS John 5:31 "If I alone bear witness of Myself, My testimony is not true. (“No one is good except God alone.”)

NAS John 6:15 Jesus therefore perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force, to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

 22 The next day the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

NAS John 8:9 And when they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.

 16 "But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and He who sent Me.

 29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

NAS John 12:7 Jesus therefore said, "Let her alone, in order that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

 24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

NAS John 16:32 "Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. (“you to be scattered” … “to leave Me alone”)

NAS John 17:20 "I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;

NAS Acts 5:38 "And so in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action should be of men, it will be overthrown;

NAS Acts 11:19 So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

NAS Romans 11:3 "Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have torn down Thine altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life."

NAS Galatians 6:4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

NAS Philippians 4:15 And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; (“in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone”)

NAS 1 Thessalonians 3:1 Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone;

NAS 1 Timothy 5:5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and who has been left alone has fixed her hope on God, and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

NAS 1 Timothy 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. (“who alone possesses immortality”)

NAS James 2:24 You see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone.

NAS Revelation 15:4 "Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For Thou alone art holy; For all the nations will come and worship before Thee, For Thy righteous acts have been revealed." (“Thou alone art holy”)

 

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Deuteronomy 32:1-43   1"Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.  2 "Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb.  3 "For I proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe greatness to our God!  4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.  5 "They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.  6 "Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.  7 "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.  8 "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.  9 "For the LORD's portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.  10 "He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.  11 "Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.  12 "The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.  13 "He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock,  14 Curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat-- And of the blood of grapes you drank wine.  15 "But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.  16 "They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.  17 "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 dread.  18 "You neglected the Rock who begot you, And forgot the God who gave you birth.  19 "And the LORD saw this, and spurned them Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.  20 "Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom is no faithfulness.  21 '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,  22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, And burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And consumes the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.  23 'I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them.  24 'They shall be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.  25 'Outside the sword shall bereave, And inside terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair.  26 'I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men,"  27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misjudge, Lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this."'  28 "For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.  29 "Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future!  30 "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?  31 "Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this.  32 "For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter.  33 "Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras.  34 'Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?  35 'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.'  36 "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.  37 "And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?  38 'Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their libation? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place!  39 '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 deliver from My hand.  40 'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,  41 If I sharpen My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me.  42 '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 leaders of the enemy.'  43 "Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people."