Deuteronomy 32:27

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Summary

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

Lest their

Zechariah 1:14

They should

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Bible References

Lest their

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;

In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up.

But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.

They should

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

For he says, Are not all my captains kings?

This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

General references

Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.

Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?

But I had pity for my holy name which the children of Israel had made unclean wherever they went.