Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end will be; for a perverse generation are they, children in whom there is no faith.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the Lord saw this, and he was angry; because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:18But I will assuredly hide my face on that day on account of all the evils which they have wrought, because they have turned unto other gods.
Deuteronomy 32:5The corruption is not his, it is the defect of his children, of the perverse and crooked generation.
2 Kings 17:20Therefore did the Lord reject all the seed of Israel, and he afflicted them, and gave them up into the hand of spoilers, until that he had cast them out of his presence.
2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose up early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Thekoa': and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood forward and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the Lord your God, and ye will have permanence; believe his prophets, and ye will prosper.
Job 34:29When he now granteth rest, who will condemn [him]! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:
Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law 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 →