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“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak!
Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
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 on you like rain;
let my speech settle like dew.
Let my words fall like rain on tender grass,
like gentle showers on young plants.
let my speech settle like dew.
Let my words fall like rain on tender grass,
like gentle showers on young plants.
I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
how glorious is our God!
how glorious is 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 deeds are perfect.
Everything he does is just and fair.
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
how just and upright he is!
Everything he does is just and fair.
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
how just and upright he is!
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 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.
Is this the way you repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?
Remember the days of long ago;
think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.
think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
Inquire of 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:
“For the people of Israel belong to the LORD;
Jacob is his special possession.
Jacob is his special possession.
For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Like an eagle that rouses her chicks
and hovers over her young,
so he spread his wings to take them up
and carried them safely on his pinions.
and hovers over her young,
so he spread his wings to take them up
and carried them safely on his 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 them;
they followed no foreign gods.
they followed no foreign gods.
So the Lord alone led him,
And there was no foreign god with him.
And there was no foreign god with him.
He let them ride over the highlands
and feast on the crops of the fields.
He nourished them with honey from the rock
and olive oil from the stony ground.
and feast on the crops of the fields.
He nourished them with honey from the rock
and olive oil from the stony ground.
“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;
He fed them yogurt from the herd
and milk from the flock,
together with the fat of lambs.
He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats,
together with the choicest wheat.
You drank the finest wine,
made from the juice of grapes.
and milk from the flock,
together with the fat of lambs.
He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats,
together with the choicest wheat.
You drank the finest wine,
made from the juice of grapes.
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 stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods;
they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.
They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God,
to gods they had not known before,
to new gods only recently arrived,
to gods their ancestors had never feared.
to gods they had not known before,
to new gods only recently arrived,
to gods their ancestors had never feared.
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 neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
you forgot the God who had given 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 drew back,
provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
provoked to anger by his own 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.
He said, ‘I will abandon them;
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.
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 roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God;
they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.
Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.
Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
I will heap disasters upon them
and shoot them down with my arrows.
and shoot them down with my arrows.
‘I will heap disasters on them;
I will spend My arrows on them.
I will spend My arrows on them.
I will weaken them with famine,
burning fever, and deadly disease.
I will send the fangs of wild beasts
and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.
burning fever, and deadly disease.
I will send the fangs of wild beasts
and poisonous snakes 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.
Outside, the sword will bring death,
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.
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 annihilated them,
wiping out even the memory of them.
wiping out even the memory of them.
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 feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy,
who might misunderstand and say,
“Our own power has triumphed!
The LORD had nothing to do with this!”’
who might misunderstand and say,
“Our own power has triumphed!
The LORD had nothing to do with 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.” ’
“But Israel is a senseless nation;
the people are foolish, without understanding.
the people are foolish, without understanding.
“For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.
Nor is there any understanding in them.
Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
Oh, that they might know their fate!
Oh, that they might know their fate!
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 person chase a thousand of them,
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the LORD had given them up?
and two people 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,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and their clusters are bitter.
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and 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 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.
“The LORD says, ‘Am I not storing up these things,
sealing them away in my treasury?
sealing them away in my treasury?
‘Is this not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?
Sealed up among My treasures?
I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
and their destiny will overtake them.’
In due time their feet will slip.
Their day of disaster will arrive,
and their destiny will overtake 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.
Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods,
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
He will say: ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
The rock in which they sought refuge?
Where now are those gods,
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their offerings?
Let those gods arise and help you!
Let them provide you with shelter!
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their offerings?
Let those gods arise and help you!
Let them provide you with 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.
Look now; I myself am he!
There is no other god but me!
I am the one who kills and gives life;
I am the one who wounds and heals;
no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
There is no other god but me!
I am the one who kills and gives life;
I am the one who wounds and heals;
no one can be rescued from my powerful 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.
Now I raise my hand to heaven
and declare, “As surely as I live,
and declare, “As surely as I live,
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 begin to carry out justice,
I will take revenge on my enemies
and repay those who reject me.
and begin to carry out justice,
I will take revenge on my enemies
and repay those who reject me.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword will devour flesh —
the blood of the slaughtered and the captives,
and the heads of the enemy leaders.”’
and my sword will devour flesh —
the blood of the slaughtered and the captives,
and 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.” ’
“Rejoice with him, you heavens,
and let all of God’s angels worship him.h
Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles,
and let all the angels be strengthened in him.i
For he will avenge the blood of his childrenj;
he will take revenge against his enemies.
He will repay those who hate himk
and cleanse his people’s land.”
and let all of God’s angels worship him.h
Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles,
and let all the angels be strengthened in him.i
For he will avenge the blood of his childrenj;
he will take revenge against his enemies.
He will repay those who hate himk
and cleanse his people’s land.”
When Moses had finished reciting all these words to the people of Israel,
Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
he added: “Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every word of these instructions.
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.
These instructions are not empty words — they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”
Moses’ Death Foretold
That same day the LORD said 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, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;
Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Hor and joined his ancestors.