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Deuteronomy 32:1

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  • Publications Index

    bf 526

Deuteronomy 32:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    6/2020, p. 10

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 624, 1209

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 729-730

    The Watchtower (Study),

    4/2016, pp. 3-4

    Awake!,

    5/22/1995, p. 31

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1966, pp. 394-395

    6/15/1966, pp. 365-367

    10/1/1962, pp. 605-607

    1/15/1962, pp. 53-54

  • Publications Index

    w20.06 10; it-1 624, 1209; it-2 729-730; w16.04 3-4; g95 5/22 31;

    ad 448; w66 366, 395; w62 54, 606; w39 381; w34 41; w33 281; pp 130

Deuteronomy 32:3

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    6/2020, pp. 10-11

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 324

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 466-467

  • Publications Index

    w20.06 10-11; it-1 324; it-2 466-467;

    ad 1202; ns 239; lg 26

Deuteronomy 32:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 339, 817

    Close to Jehovah, p. 112

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/2009, p. 14

    9/15/2004, p. 27

    3/1/1989, pp. 19-22

    6/15/1983, p. 12

    4/15/1977, p. 234

    6/1/1976, pp. 338, 349

    9/1/1974, p. 528

    7/15/1973, pp. 440-441

    5/15/1973, p. 316

    3/1/1973, p. 133

    8/15/1971, p. 497

    6/15/1971, pp. 357-358

    12/1/1965, pp. 715-717

    4/15/1965, pp. 229-231

    4/1/1963, pp. 213-215

    11/15/1959, pp. 677-678

    2/15/1954, pp. 120-122

    Awake!,

    4/8/1980, p. 16

    Holy Spirit, pp. 37-38

    God Cares, pp. 11-12

  • Publications Index

    it-1 339, 817; cl 112; w09 5/1 14; w04 9/15 27; w89 3/1 19-22;

    w83 6/15 12; g80 4/8 16; w77 234; w76 338, 349; hs 37-38; gc 11; w74 528; w73 133; w73 316; w73 440-441; w71 357-358; w71 497; ad 481, 595, 1389, 1394, 1407, 1444, 1450; w65 230, 716; im 153; g64 5/8 6; g64 7/22 27; g64 8/8 6; w63 214; g63 1/8 28; g60 7/22 27; w59 677; w54 121; nh 70; lg 26; w49 13; w48 148; tf 269; w34 3, 184, 214; jh 341

Deuteronomy 32:5

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  • *

    32:5 Codd. done viciously not by him Var. not his sons, their disgrace, have done viciously by him or not his sons have made their disgrace vicious for him

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  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    3/22/2002, p. 30

    4/8/1980, pp. 6-7

    5/8/1977, p. 27

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1988, p. 10

    7/1/1964, pp. 389-391

  • Publications Index

    g02 3/22 30; w88 12/15 10;

    g80 4/8 6; g77 5/8 27; ad 641, 1028, 1389; ev 139; g66 10/8 7; im 153; w64 390; w48 148; w34 184; jh 300

Deuteronomy 32:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 324

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/2008, p. 5

    8/15/1978, p. 5

  • Publications Index

    it-1 324; w08 9/1 5;

    w78 8/15 5

Deuteronomy 32:8

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  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 358, 913-914

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1974, pp. 725-726

    7/15/1973, p. 432

    11/15/1962, pp. 686-688

  • Publications Index

    it-1 358, 913-914;

    w74 726; w73 432; ad 254, 1047; w62 687; w49 100

Deuteronomy 32:9

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  • Publications Index

    ad 672; jh 266, 277; w33 165, 247; pp 50

Deuteronomy 32:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 789

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 714-715

    Paradise Restored, p. 166

  • Publications Index

    it-1 789; it-2 714-715;

    pm 166; ad 551, 672, 1359, 1656; w39 9

Deuteronomy 32:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 662-663

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 494

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2001, p. 9

    6/15/2001, p. 26

    6/15/1996, p. 11

    Awake!,

    2/8/1983, p. 9

  • Publications Index

    it-1 662-663; it-2 494; w01 6/15 26; w01 10/1 9; w96 6/15 11;

    g83 2/8 9; ad 473, 1221, 1310; g68 10/22 28

Deuteronomy 32:12

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2001, p. 9

    6/15/2001, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w01 6/15 26; w01 10/1 9

Deuteronomy 32:13

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  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1107, 1135

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 546

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1107, 1135; it-2 546;

    ad 766, 785, 1246

Deuteronomy 32:14

Footnotes

  • *

    32:14 Lit. kidney-fat of wheat

  • *

    32:14 (in foam) Unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 259-260, 814

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 150

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2015, p. 15

    9/15/2004, p. 27

    5/1/1989, p. 16

    3/15/1972, pp. 190-191

  • Publications Index

    it-1 260, 814; it-2 150; w15 12/15 15; w04 9/15 27; w89 5/1 16;

    w72 190; ad 568, 991, 1658

Deuteronomy 32:15

Footnotes

  • *

    32:15 (lusty) Unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 525

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 51

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/1958, pp. 339-341

  • Publications Index

    it-1 525; it-2 51;

    ad 390, 569, 917, 1415; g65 12/22 28; w58 340; jh 269; w33 165

Deuteronomy 32:16

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  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1974, p. 396

  • Publications Index

    w74 396

Deuteronomy 32:17

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  • Publications Index

    im 151

Deuteronomy 32:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/1963, p. 256

  • Publications Index

    ad 1362, 1415; g64 2/22 6; w63 256; jh 271; w33 166

Deuteronomy 32:20

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  • Publications Index

    w39 343

Deuteronomy 32:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1260

    The Watchtower,

    4/1/1963, pp. 204-206

    1/15/1951, pp. 51-53

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1260;

    ad 873; w63 205; w51 52; w45 116; w39 343

Deuteronomy 32:22

Footnotes

  • *

    32:22 Lit. a fire is kindled in my nose (the ordinary Hebrew expression for he is angry is his nose is hot

  • *

    32:22 Var. And it has consumed the earth and its growth and has set

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 444

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1965, pp. 81-82

  • Publications Index

    it-2 444;

    ad 1186; w65 81

Deuteronomy 32:23

Footnotes

  • *

    32:23 (sweep) Susp.*

Deuteronomy 32:24

Footnotes

  • *

    32:24 (wasted) Unc.; susp.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 781

  • Publications Index

    it-2 781

Deuteronomy 32:26

Footnotes

  • *

    32:26 (dissipate) Unc.

Deuteronomy 32:27

Footnotes

  • *

    32:27 Or put at the end of verse 27 the quotation mark that now stands in verse 35

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 54

  • Publications Index

    it-1 54

Deuteronomy 32:28

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  • Publications Index

    w37 148

Deuteronomy 32:29

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 35

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/2008, pp. 8-11

    7/1/1999, p. 32

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 35; w08 9/1 8-11; w99 7/1 32

Deuteronomy 32:30

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 734-735

  • Publications Index

    it-2 734-735

Deuteronomy 32:31

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  • Publications Index

    w35 358

Deuteronomy 32:32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1156

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1978, pp. 18, 23

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1156;

    w78 12/15 18, 23; ad 619, 1636

Deuteronomy 32:33

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 485

  • Publications Index

    it-1 485;

    ad 361

Deuteronomy 32:34

Footnotes

  • *

    32:34 (laid away) Unc.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Footnotes

  • *

    32:35 Var. Mine are vengeance and requital (without for the day)

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 727

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1149

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1965, pp. 750-752

  • Publications Index

    it-1 727; it-2 1149;

    ad 518; w65 751; g64 7/8 28; vn 3

Deuteronomy 32:36

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1965, pp. 375-377

  • Publications Index

    w65 376; bf 289

Deuteronomy 32:37

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  • Publications Index

    ad 1415; lg 154

Deuteronomy 32:38

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  • Publications Index

    lg 154

Deuteronomy 32:39

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1055

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1984, p. 25

    1/15/1975, p. 63

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1055;

    w84 7/15 25; w75 63; ad 727

Deuteronomy 32:40

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1061

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1965, pp. 654-656

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1061;

    ad 732; w65 655; bf 289; v-1 273

Deuteronomy 32:41

Footnotes

  • *

    32:41 Lit. the lightning of my sword

  • *

    32:41 Lit. my hand takes hold of judgment

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1965, pp. 375-377

  • Publications Index

    ad 1068; w65 376; bf 289; w42 189; w34 181; jh 45, 291; vn 12; v-1 273

Deuteronomy 32:42

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g64 7/8 27; bf 289, 526

Deuteronomy 32:43

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1998, pp. 12, 17

    4/15/1991, pp. 12-13

    6/15/1981, pp. 25-27

    3/1/1978, pp. 16-17

    11/1/1965, pp. 654-656

    6/15/1965, pp. 375-377

    5/15/1954, pp. 317-318

  • Publications Index

    w98 2/1 12, 17; w91 4/15 12-13;

    w81 6/15 25-27; w78 3/1 17; ad 924; w65 376, 655; bf 289; w54 317; w46 211; na46 5; w45 376; w41 202; w40 339

Deuteronomy 32:44

Footnotes

  • *

    32:44 Var. Hosheaʽ

Deuteronomy 32:46

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2001, p. 19

    8/15/1988, pp. 10-12

    1/1/1961, pp. 16-18

    9/15/1959, pp. 548-550

  • Publications Index

    w01 10/15 19; w88 8/15 10-12;

    g63 10/8 22; w61 17; yb61 27; w59 549; ci 270

Deuteronomy 32:47

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/2008, pp. 5-6

    6/15/1977, p. 357

    10/1/1964, pp. 594-596

    1/1/1961, pp. 16-18

    9/15/1959, pp. 548-550

  • Publications Index

    w08 4/15 5-6;

    w77 357; w64 595; w61 17; w59 549

Deuteronomy 32:49

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 479

  • Publications Index

    it-2 479

Deuteronomy 32:50

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 377

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1965, pp. 77-79

  • Publications Index

    it-1 377;

    ad 268; w65 78

Deuteronomy 32:51

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 926, 1142

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Deuteronomy 32:1-52

Deuteronomy

32 “Listen, heavens, and I will speak;

hear, earth, the words of my mouth.

2 My prompting shall drop like rain,

my say shall trickle like dew,

Like fine rain on plants

and like showers on herbage,

3 Because I will proclaim Jehovah’s name.

Give greatness to our God!

4 The Rock, his doing is faultless,

for all his paths are the right;

A deity of fair dealing and no cheating,

honest and straightforward is he.

5* Sons of disgrace have done viciously by him,

a devious and shifty generation.

6 Will you treat Jehovah thus,

unreasonable and unwise people?

Is not he your Father that framed you,

himself made you and organized you?

7 Remember the days of old,

consider the years generation upon generation;

Ask your father and let him tell you,

your elders and let them say to you:

8 When the Lord above distributed nations,

when he separated the sons of men,

He set the boundaries of the peoples

by the number of the sons of Deity,

9 Because Jehovah’s portion is his people,

Jacob is his marked-out estate.

10 He found them in wilderness country

and in the howling chaos of the desert,

He cared for them, gave his mind to them,

guarded them like the apple of his eye;

11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,

hovers over its young,

Spreads its wings and takes them,

carries them on its pinions,

12 Sole Jehovah led them

and had no foreign deity with him.

13 He mounted them on earth’s heights,

and they ate crops of the champaign;

And he let them suck honey from cliffs

and oil from pyrite rocks,

14** Clabber of cows and milk of sheep

with fat of lambs,

And Bashan-bred rams, and he-goats,

with richest wheat,

and blood of grapes you drink in foam;

15* And Jeshurun grew fat and kicked,

you grew fat, burly, lusty,

And he abandoned the God who made him

and held cheap the Rock of his salvation.

16 They took to stirring his jealousy with alien rivals,

provoking him with abominations,

17 Sacrificing to non-divine demons,

gods they did not know,

New ones that have come from the neighborhood,

of whom your fathers never felt apprehensions.

18 Of the Rock that brought you forth you are unmindful

and have forgotten the Deity who gave you birth.

19 And Jehovah saw, and was contemptuous

at the provocation from his sons and daughters,

20 And said ‘I will conceal my face from them,

‘I will see what their future will be,

Because they are an ill-natured generation,

children with no loyalty in them.

21 They have challenged my jealousy with what is not a deity,

provoked me with their superstitions;

And I will challenge their jealousy with what is not a people,

provoke them with an uncivilized nation.

22** For a fire of anger is kindled in my breath,

and burns to the lowest of the world of the dead;

It will consume the earth and its growth

and set ablaze the foundations of mountains.

23* I will sweep mischiefs upon them,

exhaust my arrows on them:

24* Wasted with famine, fed on

by firebolt and bitter infection,

I will let loose beasts’ teeth on them

with venom of crawlers of the dust;

25 From outside shall the sword bereave,

and out of the closets terror,

Of both youth and maiden,

nursing babe with gray-haired man.

26* I had thought I would dissipate them,

abolish the memory of them from mankind,

27* But that I dreaded the insolence of enemies,

for fear their foes should misconceive,

For fear they should say “Our hand goes high,

and it was not Jehovah that did all this,”

28 Because they are an ill-advised nation,

with no sense in them.

29 If they were wise they would look into this,

would consider their future:

30 How should one be chasing a thousand

and two putting ten thousand to flight

Unless their Rock had sold them

and Jehovah had handed them over!

31 For their Rock is not like ours

even letting our enemies be judges.

32 For their vine comes of the vines of Sodom

and of the terraces of Ghomorrah,

Their grapes are poison-berries,

virulent clusters are theirs,

33 Reptiles’ venom is their wine

and vipers’ cruel poison.

34* Do I not have it laid away,

sealed up in my arsenals,

35* For the day of vengeance and requital,

for the time when their foot slips?’

For their day of calamity is near

and destiny is hastening for them,

36 Because Jehovah will pronounce judgment for his people

and repent as to his servants

When he sees their powers are gone

and there is nobody barred or unbarred,

37 And thinks ‘Where are their gods,

the rock that they took refuge in,

38 Those that eat the fat of their sacrifices,

drink the wine of their libations?

Let them stand up and help you,

be a screen over you!

39 See now that it is I, I,

and there is no God with me;

I put to death and bring to life,

have mangled and I will heal,

and there is no deliverer out of my hands.

40 For I raise my hand skyward

and say “By my eternal life,

41** If I whet my lightning-sword

and take judgment in hand

I will pay my foes off in vengeance

and settle with my haters,

42 I will let my arrows drink deep of their blood,

and my sword shall eat flesh,

Of blood of battle-slain and prisoners,

of the heads of the enemy’s braves.”’

43 Applaud his people, nations,

because he avenges his servants’ blood,

He pays his foes off in vengeance

and purges the guilt of his people’s soil.”

44* And Moses came and recited all the words of this song publicly before the people, he and Joshuaʽ the son of Nun. 45 And Moses finished telling all Israel all the words of this song, 46 and said to them “Pay attention to all the words which I am inculcating on you today, that you enjoin them on your sons, to take care to live up to all the points of this code, 47 because it is not a thing too ideal for you, for it is your life and by this thing you will have a long time on the soil you are crossing the Jordan to to take possession of it.”

48 And Jehovah said to Moses this very day 49 “Go up on this highland across the river, Mount Nebo in Moab, facing Jericho, and see the country of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel as their property, 50 and die on the mountain you go up and be gathered to your kinsfolk, as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his kinsfolk, 51 for your having acted unfaithfully toward me among the sons of Israel at Meribah Water in Kadesh in the wilderness of Sin, for your not having recognized my holiness among the sons of Israel. 52 For you are to see the country before you, but not go in there, into the country I am giving to the sons of Israel.”

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