Charles Spurgeon Commentary Deuteronomy 32
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Deuteronomy 32
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Deuteronomy 32
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This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God." — Deuteronomy 32:1-3 (ASV)
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
All through, the song is for the glorification of God; not a syllable, indeed, in which man is held up to honour, but the Lord alone is exalted in His dealings with His people. He is the rock. All other things are the mere cloud that hovers on the mountain's brow; but –
"The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he." — Deuteronomy 32:4 (ASV)
He is the rock,
Immutable, eternal.
His work is perfect:
Sometimes very terrible and very mysterious, but His work is perfect.
For all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
But as for his people, what a contrast between them and their God!
"Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth." — Deuteronomy 32:1 (ASV)
Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Because people are so slow to hear, Moses calls on the heavens and the earth to bear witness against them; and because of the sublimity of his subject, he calls upon the heavens and the earth to pay attention to it.
"My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb." — Deuteronomy 32:2 (ASV)
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
It is good preaching, and good hearing too, when the gospel comes like a gentle shower which saturates and soaks into the soil, and refreshes and makes it fruitful; may God the Holy Spirit make it to be so whenever we gather together for worship! The Word of the Lord may be as a driving hail, breaking everything upon which it falls, and so becoming the savour of death unto death. But may God make it to us as the dew and the small rain from heaven, that it may be a savour of life unto life!
"For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he. They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation." — Deuteronomy 32:3-5 (ASV)
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves,
What a contrast there is between the incorruptible and immutable God and corruptible man! They have corrupted themselves,–
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