Deuteronomy:32:16-
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They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods ;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger .
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They sacrificed to demons ,
not to God ,
To gods they did not know ,
To new gods ,
new arrivals That your fathers did not fear .
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Of the Rock who begot you ,
you are unmindful ,
And have forgotten the God who fathered you .
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And when the LORD saw it ,
He spurned them ,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters .
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And He said : "
I will hide My face from them ,
I will see what their end will be ,
For they are a perverse generation ,
Children in whom is no faith .
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They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God ;
They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols .
But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation ;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation .
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For a fire is kindled in My anger ,
And shall burn to the lowest hell ;
It shall consume the earth with her increase ,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains .
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I will heap disasters on them ;
I will spend My arrows on them .
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They shall be wasted with hunger ,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction ;
I will also send against them the teeth of beasts ,
With the poison of serpents of the dust .
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The sword shall destroy outside ;
There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin ,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs .
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I would have said , "
I will dash them in pieces ,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men ,"
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Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy ,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand ,
Lest they should say , "
Our hand is high ;
And it is not the LORD who has done all this ."'
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For they are a nation void of counsel ,
Nor is there any understanding in them .
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Oh ,
that they were wise ,
that they understood this ,
That they would consider their latter end !
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How could one chase a thousand ,
And two put ten thousand to flight ,
Unless their Rock had sold them ,
And the LORD had surrendered them ?
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For their rock is not like our Rock ,
Even our enemies themselves being judges .
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For their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the fields of Gomorrah ;
Their grapes are grapes of gall ,
Their clusters are bitter .
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Their wine is the poison of serpents ,
And the cruel venom of cobras .
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Is this not laid up in store with Me ,
Sealed up among My treasures ?
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Vengeance is Mine ,
and recompense ;
Their foot shall slip in due time ;
For the day of their calamity is at hand ,
And the things to come hasten upon them .'
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For the LORD will judge His people And have compassion on His servants ,
When He sees that their power is gone ,
And there is no one remaining ,
bond or free .
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He will say : "
Where are their gods ,
The rock in which they sought refuge ?
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Who ate the fat of their sacrifices ,
And drank the wine of their drink offering ?
Let them rise and help you ,
And be your refuge .
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Now see that I ,
even I ,
am He ,
And there is no God besides Me ;
I kill and I make alive ;
I wound and I heal ;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand .
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For I raise My hand to heaven ,
And say , "
As I live forever ,
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If I whet My glittering sword ,
And My hand takes hold on judgment ,
I will render vengeance to My enemies ,
And repay those who hate Me .
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I will make My arrows drunk with blood ,
And My sword shall devour flesh ,
With the blood of the slain and the captives ,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy ."'
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Rejoice ,
O Gentiles ,
with His people ;
For He will avenge the blood of His servants ,
And render vengeance to His adversaries ;
He will provide atonement for His land and His people ."
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So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people .
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Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel ,
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and he said to them : "
Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today ,
which you shall command your children to be careful to observe--all the words of this law .
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For it is not a futile thing for you ,
because it is your life ,
and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess ."
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses that very same day ,
saying :
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Go up this mountain of the Abarim ,
Mount Nebo ,
which is in the land of Moab ,
across from Jericho ;
view the land of Canaan ,
which I give to the children of Israel as a possession ;
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and die on the mountain which you ascend ,
and be gathered to your people ,
just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people ;
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because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh ,
in the Wilderness of Zin ,
because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel .
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Yet you shall see the land before you ,
though you shall not go there ,
into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel ."
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