properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
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Cross-references
Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine a…
Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have pr…
Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will bef…
Matthew 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hith…
Luke 9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Psalms 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was…
Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:1-6
Here is, I. A commanding preface or introduction to this song of Moses, Deu 32:1, Deu 32:2. He begins, 1. With a solemn appeal to heaven and earth concerning the truth and importance of what he was about to say, and the justice of the divine proceedings against a rebellious and backsliding people, for he had said (Deu 31:28) that he would in this song call heaven and earth to record against them. Heaven and earth would sooner hear than this perverse and unthinking people; for they revolt not from the obedience to their Creator, but continue to this day, according to his ordinances, as his servants (Psa 119:89-91), and therefore will rise up in judgment against rebellious Israel. Heaven and e…
They have corrupted themselves--that is, the Israelites by their frequent lapses and their inveterate attachment to idolatry.
their spot is not the spot of his children--This is an allusion to the marks which idolaters inscribe on their foreheads or their arms with paint or other substances, in various colors and forms--straight, oval, or circular, according to the favorite idol of their worship.
John Gill on Deuteronomy 32:5
They have corrupted themselves,.... This and what follows may seem to be the characters of the enemies of Christ, who lightly esteemed and rejected him, set in a contrast with him; who were not only corrupt by nature, as all men are, but were men of corrupt minds in their tenets and principles; who corrupted the word of God by their traditions, in the times of Christ; and were men of corrupt practices themselves, and corrupters of others:
their spot is not the spot of his children; of the children of the divine Person before described; Christ the rock has "children" given him by his Father, in whose adoption he has a concern, and by whose Spirit they are regenerated: these have their "spots…
The vituperable children did not sin for him. What the Greek says: tékna mometá, some translate it as vituperable children, like the text that I quote; others for children stained; others for vicious children. From here a serious problem does not derive; There is no problem at all. But if those words were said in a general way: They sinned not for him -because the one who sins does not sin for God, does not harm God, but himself-, then the question of knowing how to understand what is that is read in the psalm: For you I have only sinned (Ps. 50,6). And in Jeremiah it is said: We have sinned for you, patience of Israel, O Lord! And again in a psalm it says: Heal my soul, because I have sinned for you (Ps. 40,5). And we want to know if it is the same thing to "sin for God" (peccare Deo) than to "sin against God" (peccare in Deum). In this respect the priest Eli says: If one sins against God, who will pray for him? (1R 2,25) Meanwhile, I will say what I think about the matter now. Maybe those who know these things better, or even myself at another time, as far as the Lord helps me, will understand a little better. "To sin against God" (in Deum) is to sin in that which is related to the divine worship. Because nothing else indicates the example I have just mentioned. So Eli's sons sinned, to whom his father had already told them this. In the same way we must think that sin is also committed against men who belong to God. Because we read that God said these same words to Abimelek about Sarah: That is why I have prevented you from sinning against me (Gn 20,6). On the other hand, "to sin for the Lord" (Domino), or rather "to have sinned for the Lord" - unless there is somewhere a text of Scripture that opposes this sense - it seems that it can be said, not without reason, of those who do not make a pious penance of their sins to give glory to God, who forgives them. David, explaining the reason why he said: For you only I have sinned and I have done wrong in front of you, add the following words: So that you may be declared fair in your words and expire when you judge (Ps. 50,6). And the same when God says: Judge between me and between my vineyard (Is 5,3). And the same when it is affirmed of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only one who could say with absolute truth: Because the Prince of this world is coming and against me he has nothing -no sin that is worthy of…
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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…
Adoption · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Character Of The Wicked · Perverse — Perverse
Psalms · righteousness, and — righteousness, and
Titles And Names Of The Wicked · Perverse and crooked generation — Perverse and crooked generation
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 32:1-52
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 Song of Moses. - In accordance with the object announced in Deu 31:19, this song contrasts the unchangeable fidelity of the Lord with the perversity of His faithless people. After a solemn introduction pointing out the importance of the instruction about to be given (Deu 32:1-3), this thought is placed in the foreground as the theme of the whole: the Lord is blameless and righteous in His doings, but Israel acts corruptly and perversely; and this is carried out in the first place by showing the folly of the Israelites in rebelling against the Lord (Deu 32:6-18); secondly, by unfolding the purpose of God to reject and punish the rebellious generation (Deu 32:19-23); and lastly, by announc…
the Rock: This metaphor represents the Lord as strong, stable, and reliable; he is more than capable of providing righteousness and justice (see 32:15, 18, 30; Hab 1:12).
Rashi on Deuteronomy 32:5
שחת לו — Take it as the Targum has it: חבילו להון לא לה “Corruption is theirs, not His”.
בניו מומם HIS CHILDREN, THEIR FAULT — i.e., they were His children, and the corruption which they wrought is their fault.
בניו מומם means: it was the fault of His children not His fault.
דור עקש means, [A] CROOKED AND PERVERTED [GENERATION]. עקש has the same meaning as the verb in (Micah 3:9) “and pervert (יעקשו) all equity”. In Mishnaic Hebrew we have (Chullin 56a): a weasel whose teeth are bent and crooked (עקושות).
ופתלתל entortille in old French, Engl, twisted: like a thread (פתיל), which one twines and twists round the central strand. The word פתלתל is of the “doubled” words (in which the two la…
