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Deuteronomy 32:17

Deuteronomy 32:17
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,.... The same with the rock of salvation, Deu 32:15; repeated and expressed in different words, that their wretched ingratitude might be taken notice of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 32:1-42

Song of Moses If Deu 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deu 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deu 32:4-18, the faithfulness…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 32:15-18

We have here a description of the apostasy of Israel from God, which would shortly come to pass, and to which already they had a disposition. One would have thought that a people under so many…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

demons Heb. shedîm, only here and in Psa 106:37, -certainly a Babylonian loan-word," shedu, a good demon figured in the bull-colossi that guarded the entrances to temples (Zimmern, KAT3 [152], 455 f.,…