Deuteronomy 32:12 [So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him. Ver. 12. And there was no strange god with him. ] Why, then, should any share with him in his service? Be the gods of the heathen good fellows? saith one. The true God will endure no co-rival. read more
Deu 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Ver. 13. To suck honey out of the rock. ] Water as sweet as honey in that necessity; so doth every worthy receiver by faith at the sacrament; whereas whoso comes thereunto without faith, is like a man, saith Mr Tyndale, that thinks to quench his thirst by sucking the ale bowl. read more
Deu 32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. Ver. 14. With the fat of kidneys of wheat. ] With the very best of the best; figuring heavenly dainties, that full feast. Isa 25:6 Judea, for its admirable fertility, is called, Sumen totius orbis: how basely soever Strabo speaks of it, as of a dry barren country, wherein he shows less ingenuity than... read more
Deu 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Ver. 15. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked. ] Jeshurun, hoc est Integellus, saith one, as Shimshon, or Samson, Solilus, a little sun, but a type of the Sun of Righteousness that hath health in his wings - that is, in his beams. Israel should have been Jeshurun - that is, righteous, or... read more
Deu 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger. Ver. 16. They provoked him to jealousy. ] See Trapp on " Deu 31:29 " read more
Deu 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Ver. 17. They sacrificed unto devils. ] See Trapp on " Lev 17:7 " To new gods that came newly up. ] Such as are all Popish he-saints and she-saints; concerning whom Bellarmine himself cannot but yield, that Cum scriberentur Scripturae, nondum coeperat usus vovendi Sanctis. a There was no vowing, or bowing either, to saints departed, when the... read more
Deu 32:18 Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Ver. 18. And hast forgotten God that formed thee. ] Or, That brought thee forth. Here God is compared to a mother, as in the former clause to a father. So James 1:18 , "Of his own will begat he us," - απεκυησε , He brought us forth, and did the office of a mother to us; which doth notably set forth his love and the work of his grace. read more
Deu 32:19 And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. Ver. 19. Of his sons and of his daughters. ] Titular at least; wherefore their sin was the greater. "What? Thou, my son Brutus?" a This cut Caesar to the heart. a Kαι συ τεκνον Bρουτε . read more
Deu 32:20 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. Ver. 20. I will see what their end shall be. ] This is spoken after the manner of men; as likewise that in Deuteronomy 32:27 . In whom is no faith, ] i.e., Fidelity; as Matthew 23:23 ; there is no trusting them, or taking their words. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:11
Deu 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: Ver. 11. As an eagle stirreth up her nest. ] So doth God stir up his people by his word of promise. Fluttereth over them. ] By the motions of his Spirit, as Genesis 1:2 . Spreadeth abroad her wings. ] Hovereth and covereth them with his protection. Mat 23:37 Taketh them. ] With much tenderness, but nothing comparable to that of God. Beareth them on her... read more