Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 32:3
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel as he delivers his final song, immediately following a prayer for his instruction to settle like rain and preceding a declaration of God’s perfect, righteous character.
The words — אֶקְרָא ('ekra) means I will proclaim, and הָבּוּ (habu) means ascribe, directing attention to the declaration of Yahweh’s name and stature.
The thread — This call to declare divine greatness echoes in Jeremiah 10:6, Psalms 150:2, and Deuteronomy 5:24, where God’s mighty power and unmatched stature are repeatedly affirmed.
Why it lands — The text commands listeners to recognize and verbally honor God’s supreme stature before receiving his teaching, grounding that honor in his unchanging, just nature.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 10:6 There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Psalms 150:2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
- Deuteronomy 5:24 and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
- Ephesians 1:19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Exodus 6:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Exodus 33:19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Deuteronomy 3:24 “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Jeremiah 23:6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).