Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fire	אֵשׁ֙ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
kindled	קָדְחָ֣ה ka.de.Chah	H6919	to inflame · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
anger	בְאַפִּ֔י ve.'a.Pi	H639	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
burn	וַתִּיקַ֖ד va.ti.Kad	H3344	to burn · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
lowest	תַּחְתִּ֑ית tach.Tit	H8482	lowermost · adjective, feminine singular absolute
hell	שְׁא֣וֹל she.'ol	H7585	Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean re… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
consume	וַתֹּ֤אכַל va.To.khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
earth	אֶ֙רֶץ֙ 'e.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute
increase	וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּ vi.vu.Lah	H2981	produce · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	וַתְּלַהֵ֖ט va.te.la.Het	H3857	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
foundations	מוֹסְדֵ֥י mos.Dei	H4144	a foundation · noun, common masculine plural construct
mountains	הָרִֽים ha.Rim	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Lamentations 4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundati…
Jeremiah 15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn up…
Numbers 16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Job 9:5-6 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Isaiah 24:19-20 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Jeremiah 17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land whi…
Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

The method of this song follows the method of the predictions in the foregoing chapter, and therefore, after the revolt of Israel from God, described in the foregoing verses, here follow immediately the resolves of divine Justice concerning them; we deceive ourselves if we think that God will be thus mocked by a foolish faithless people, that play fast and loose with him. I. He had delighted in them, but now he would reject them with detestation and disdain, Deu 32:19. When the Lord saw their treachery, and folly, and base ingratitude, he abhorred them, he despised them, so some read it. Sin makes us odious in the sight of the holy God; and no sinners are so loathsome to him as those that he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:21

those which are not a people--that is, not favored with such great and peculiar privileges as the Israelites (or, rather poor, despised heathens). The language points to the future calling of the Gentiles.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger,.... Here begins the account of temporal and corporeal judgments inflicted on the Jews for their disbelief and rejection of the Messiah, their contempt of his Gospel, and ill treatment of his followers; and this here respects the destruction of the land of Judea in general, and the burning of the city and temple of Jerusalem in particular, as the effect of the wrath and anger of God like fire kindled against them: and shall burn unto the lowest hell; which denotes an entire destruction, like that of the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone from heaven; which issued in a sulphurous lake, and which sulphureous matter sunk to the bottom of t…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

Deuteronomy 32:1-52 1. Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 1. Auseultate coeli, et loquar, et audiat terra eloquia oris mei. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 2. Stillabit, ut pluvia, doctrina mea: stillabit ut ros eloquium meum, ut pluviae gramen, et ut irabet super herbam. 3. Because I will publish the name of the Lord; ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 3. Quia nomen Jehovae invocabo: date magnitudinem Deo nostro. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and without iniquity…

The Church Fathers

Something like this is also written concerning God: "a fire is kindled in my fury", not as far as heaven, but "as far as hell beneath", and "it shall devour" not heaven, but "the earth and its produce". To what end have I recalled these things? Because the baptism too, with which Jesus baptizes, is "in the Holy Spirit" and "in fire". If you are holy, you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit; if a sinner, you will be plunged into fire; and one and the same baptism will be turned, for the unworthy and for sinners, into condemnation and fire, but to those who are holy and turn to the Lord with their whole faith, the grace and salvation of the Holy Spirit is to be granted.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 26

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Dictionary and topics

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…
Anger Of God, The · Against: Idolatry — Against: Idolatry
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Fire · . — .
Foundation · Figuratively applied to: The mountains — Figuratively applied to: The mountains
Judgments · General references — General references
Mountains · God: Sets the foundations of, on fire — God: Sets the foundations of, on fire
Psalms · righteousness, and — righteousness, and

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 32:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:22

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 32:1-43

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 32:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:22

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 32:22

Rashi on Deuteronomy 32:22