Deuteronomy 32:28

For Israel is a nation devoid of wisdom, 1 and there is no understanding in them. 1

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For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

In Context

27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, 1 and that their enemies would judge mistakenly, 1 and that they would say, 'Our hand is exalted,' 1 I would have done all this. 1

29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, 1 that they would consider their coming fate! 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:6Do you reward Yahweh in this way, 1 you foolish and senseless people? 1 Is he not your father, the one who has created you? 1 He made you and established you. 1

Psalms 81:12So I gave them over to their own stubborn way 1 so that they might do what seemed right to them. 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, 1 for this is not a people of understanding. 1 Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and he who made them will not be merciful to them. 1

Jeremiah 4:22For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They have skill at evil, but do not know to do good.

Hosea 4:6My people are being destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. 1 Because you priests have rejected knowledge, 1 I will also reject you as priests to me. 1 Because you have forgotten my law, although I am your God, 1 I also will forget your children. 1

Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, of this mystery, in order that you will not be wise in your own thinking. This mystery is that a partial hardening has occurred in Israel, until the completion of the Gentiles come in.

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 →

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