Deuteronomy 32:1
Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 30:19I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy 31:28Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Psalms 50:4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear 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 →