Charles Spurgeon Commentary Deuteronomy 32:19-20

"And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness." — Deuteronomy 32:19-20 (ASV)

And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

The mischief is this—want of faith. Want of faith leads to all manner of sin. Oh, that we had a strong, elastic faith to realize the unseen God and keep to purely spiritual worship, not desiring symbols, signs, and outward tokens, all of which are abominable in His sight, but worshipping the unseen in spirit and in truth. But the Lord said: