Deuteronomy 31:21

And it shall come to pass, when ra'ot rabbot and tzarot are befallen them, that this shirah shall testify against them as an ed (witness); for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their zera; for I know their yetzer (inclination) in which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into ha'aretz which I swore.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

In Context

20For when I shall have brought them into ha'adamah which I swore unto Avotav (their fathers), zavat cholov u'devash (that floweth with milk and honey); and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn unto elohim acherim, and serve them, and provoke Me, and break My Brit.

22Moshe therefore wrote this shirah on that day, and taught it the Bnei Yisroel.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:21And Hashem smelled a re'ach hannichoach; and Hashem said in His lev, I will not again curse the adamah any more ba'avur (because of) haAdam; for the yetzer of the lev haAdam is rah from his ne'urim (youth, childhood); neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done. 1

Deuteronomy 31:7And Moshe called unto Yehoshua, and said unto him in the sight of kol Yisroel, Chazak! (be strong) and of a good courage; for thou must go with this people unto Ha'Aretz which Hashem hath sworn unto their avot to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. + 31:7 See Isa 49:8; Yn 14:1-3 .

Isaiah 46:10Making known acharim (end-times things) from reshit (the beginning), 1 and mikedem (from ancient times) the things that have not yet happened, 1 saying: My etza (counsel, purpose, plan) shall stand, 1 and I will do all My pleasure; 1

Hosea 5:3I know Ephrayim, 1 and Yisroel is not hid from Me; 1 for now, O Ephrayim, thou committest whoredom, 1 and Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled). 1

Amos 5:25Did ye offer unto Me zevakhim and minchah in the midbar arba'im shanah, O Bais Yisroel?

Acts 2:23This one, delivered up by the determined cheshbon (plan) and yedi'ah mukdemet (foreknowledge) of Hashem, and by the hand of lawless Bnei Adam you made him talui al HaEtz + 2:23 Dt 21:23 (being hanged on the Tree) and put him to death. + 2:23 Isa 53:10

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:15-22

Apostasy Foretold. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers;… Read the whole commentary →

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