Deuteronomy 32:20

And he said: ‘I will hide my face from them, and I will consider their very end. For this is a perverse generation, and they are unfaithful sons.

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In The King James Version

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

In Context

19The Lord saw, and he was stirred to anger. For his own sons and daughters provoked him.

21They have provoked me with that which was not God, and they have angered me with their emptiness. And so, I will provoke them with that which is not a people, and I will anger them with a foolish nation.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:18But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.

Deuteronomy 32:5They have sinned against him, and in their filth they are not his sons. They are a depraved and perverse generation.

2 Kings 17:20And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,

2 Chronicles 20:20And when they had risen up in the morning, they went out through the desert of Tekoa. And as they were setting out, Jehoshaphat, standing in their midst, said: “Listen to me, men of Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure. Believe in his prophets, and everything will come to prosperity.”

Job 34:29For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?

Isaiah 30:9For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:20-26

19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled… Read the whole commentary →

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