Deuteronomy 32:1

Listen, ye heavens, and I will speak; give ear, O earth, to the words of my mouth.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

In Context

2My doctrine shall be soft as rain; let it be received as the dew, and my word be as the breath of the rain that breathes upon the grass, and as the showers of the latter rain upon the herbage.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to attest in you this day that I have set before thee life and death, blessings and curses: but choose for life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy children,

Deuteronomy 31:28Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, and I will speak these words before you, and will call the heavens and earth to witness:

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:1

In this chapter we have, I. The song which Moses, by the appointment of God, delivered to the children of Israel, for a standing admonition to them, to take heed of forsaking God. This takes up most of the chapter, in which we have, 1. The preface, ver. 1, 2 . 2. A high character of God, and, in opposition to that, a bad character of the people of Israel, ver. 3-6 . 3. A rehearsal of the great things God had done for them, and in opposition to that an account of their ill carriage towards him, ver. 7-18 . 4. A… Read the whole commentary →

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