Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth:
Revised Version 1895
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed:
Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
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 →