Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:19Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:
Deuteronomy 31:28Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.
Psalms 50:4His voice will go out to the heavens and to the earth, for the judging of his people:
Jeremiah 2:12Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:1
In this chapter we have, I. The song which Moses, by the appointment of God, delivered to the children of Israel, for a standing admonition to them, to take heed of forsaking God. This takes up most of the chapter, in which we have, 1. The preface, ver. 1, 2 . 2. A high character of God, and, in opposition to that, a bad character of the people of Israel, ver. 3-6 . 3. A rehearsal of the great things God had done for them, and in opposition to that an account of their ill carriage towards him, ver. 7-18 . 4. A… Read the whole commentary →