Deuteronomy 32:29
They had not sense to understand: 1 Let them reserve these things against the time to come. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
In Context
28It is a nation that has lost counsel, 1 Neither is there understanding in them. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such a heart in them, that they should fear me and keep my commands always, that it might be well with them and with their sons forever.
Isaiah 10:3And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,
Isaiah 47:7and saidst, I shall be a princess forever: thou didst not perceive these things in thy heart, nor didst thou remember the latter end.
Jeremiah 5:31the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future?
Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness is before her feet; 1 She remembered not her last end; 1 She has lowered her boasting tone, 1 There is none to comfort her. 1 Behold, O Lord, my affliction: 1 For the enemy has magnified himself. 1
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 →