Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jeshurun	יְשֻׁרוּן֙ ye.shu.Run	H3484	Jeshurun · proper noun, a man's name
fat	וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ן vai.yish.Man	H8080	to shine · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kicked	וַיִּבְעָ֔ט vai.yiv.'At	H1163	to trample down · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fat	שָׁמַ֖נְתָּ sha.Man.ta	H8080	to shine · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
thick	עָבִ֣יתָ 'a.Vi.ta	H5666	to be dense · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
covered	כָּשִׂ֑יתָ ka.Si.ta	H3780	to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh) · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
forsook	וַיִּטֹּשׁ֙ vai.yi.Tosh	H5203	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
God	אֱל֣וֹהַ 'e.Lo.ha	H433	a deity or the Deity · noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	עָשָׂ֔הוּ 'a.Sa.hu	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
esteemed	וַיְנַבֵּ֖ל vay.na.Bel	H5034	to wilt · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Rock	צ֥וּר tzur	H6697	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
salvation	יְשֻׁעָתֽוֹ ye.shu.'a.To	H3444	something saved · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eat…
Hosea 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Deuteronomy 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
1 Samuel 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yo…
Psalms 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with…
Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they…
Deuteronomy 8:10-14 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:15-18

We have here a description of the apostasy of Israel from God, which would shortly come to pass, and to which already they had a disposition. One would have thought that a people under so many obligations to their God, in duty, gratitude, and interest, would never have turned from him; but, alas! they turned aside quickly. Here are two great instances of their wickedness, and each of them amounted to an apostasy from God: - I. Security and sensuality, pride and insolence, and the other common abuses of plenty and prosperity, Deu 32:15. These people were called Jeshurun - an upright people (so some), a seeing people, so others: but they soon lost the reputation both of their knowledge and of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked--This is a poetical name for Israel. The metaphor here used is derived from a pampered animal, which, instead of being tame and gentle, becomes mischievous and vicious, in consequence of good living and kind treatment. So did the Israelites conduct themselves by their various acts of rebellion, murmuring, and idolatrous apostasy.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked,.... This is undoubtedly a name of the people of Israel; it is to be met with only in three places more, in Deuteronomy 33:5; it is generally thought to come from a word (d) which signifies upright and righteous, such these people ought to have been, and some among them were; and they generally professed themselves, and outwardly appeared to be upright, just, and righteous persons, and were desirous of being reckoned so; which was their character in the times of Christ, when they rejected him: others derive it from a word (e) which signifies to behold, to see, and so describes them as seeing ones; and such they had been in the times of Moses, saw extraordin…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

The Church Fathers

One must not so much admire those saints who in the height of sorrow were so pious and lovers of wisdom as those who, even when the turbulence subsided and tranquility ensued, remained in the same goodness and earnestness.
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON REPENTANCE AND ALMSGIVING 4.8

Now this is the first lust which conquered the world, and because of it the first transgression of the law took place. Incited thereby they were ungrateful for all the acts of grace which had been shewn unto them, for Israel had waxed fat and kicked through this lust, and it is written of him, that "He forgot God Who made him."
— Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence

"They ate," and drank, "and kicked." When fed with their manna they ought not to have asked for luxury, seeing they had known the evils which proceed from it. And they acted precisely as if a free child, when sent to school, should ask to be reckoned with the slaves, and to wait on them,-so did these also in seeking Egypt-and when receiving all needful sustenance, and such as becomes a free person, and sitting at his father's table, should have a longing for the ill-savored and noisy one of the servants.
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON COLOSSIANS 4

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Dictionary and topics

Jeshurun — A poetical name for the people of Israel, used in token of affection, meaning, “the dear upright people” (Deut. 32:15; 33:5, 26; Isa. 44:2).
Moses — Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Apostasy · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Forsaking God · Prosperity tempts to — Prosperity tempts to
Godlessness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Ingratitude · OF MAN TO GOD — OF MAN TO GOD
Ingratitude To God · Prosperity likely to produce — Prosperity likely to produce
Jeshurun · A name used poeti — A name used poeti
Jews, The · Called: Jeshurun — Called: Jeshurun
Prosperity

Deuteronomy 32:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:15

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:15

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 32:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:15

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:15

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 32:15

Rashi on Deuteronomy 32:15