Deuteronomy 32:20
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 faithfulness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:18And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Deuteronomy 32:5Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.
2 Kings 17:20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said: 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.'
Job 34:29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;
Isaiah 30:9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;
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 →