Deuteronomy 32:29
How I wish they were wise, so they could understand it; they would recognize what was going to happen to them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
In Context
28Israel is a nation that doesn't think straight; none of them understand anything.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29I only wish they really did respect me and always kept my commandments so that they and their children would do well for all time.
Psalms 107:15Let them praise the Lord for his trustworthy love, and for all the wonderful things he does for people.
Isaiah 10:3What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
Isaiah 47:7You said, “I will reign forever as the eternal queen.” But you didn't think about what was coming; you didn't remember what would happen to you in the end.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets give false prophecies; the priests rule as they please. My people love it like this, but what will you do when it all falls apart?
Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness contaminates her skirts. She didn't think about what would happen. Her fall was a shock, and no one was there to comfort her. “Please, Lord, see how much I'm suffering, because the enemy has won!” she says.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:27-39
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand,… Read the whole commentary →