Deuteronomy 32:20
And He says: I hide My face from them, || I see what their latter end [is]; For they [are] a contrary generation, || Sons in whom is no steadfastness.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And YHWH sees and despises—For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:18And I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it has done, for it has turned to other gods.
Deuteronomy 32:5It has done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not of His sons, || A generation perverse and crooked!
2 Kings 17:20And YHWH kicks against all the seed of Israel, and afflicts them, and gives them into the hand of spoilers, until He has cast them out of His presence,
2 Chronicles 20:20And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat has stood and says, “Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain steadfast in your God YHWH, and be steadfast; remain steadfast in His prophets and prosper.”
Job 34:29And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, || [It is] the same.
Isaiah 30:9That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, || Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.
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 →