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Deuteronomy 32:19
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker is Yahweh, addressing Israel, at the moment they abandon worship of the Rock who gave them birth.
The words — וַ/יִּנְאָ֑ץ (va/i.yin.'Atz) translates literally as "and He spurned" or "rejected," describing God's decisive response to the provocation of His sons and daughters. מִ/כַּ֥עַס (mi./Ka.'as) means "from the provocation," indicating the source of His anger.
The thread — This pattern of divine rejection due to covenant unfaithfulness appears in Psalms 106:40, where God abhors His inheritance, and Judges 2:14, where He delivers Israel to plunderers.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that persistent abandonment of the God who gave birth to a people triggers His righteous withdrawal. It requires readers to recognize that covenant relationship demands fidelity, not mere lineage.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Cross-references
- Psalms 106:40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Psalms 5:4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
- Isaiah 1:2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Leviticus 26:11 And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- Psalms 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalms 78:59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Psalms 82:6 I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- Jeremiah 11:15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
- Jeremiah 44:21 “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?