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Deuteronomy 32:1 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 32 · verse 1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Deuteronomy 32:1 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:1 in context
1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2My 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:
3Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- earʼâzanto broaden out the earH238 →
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Here is, I. A commanding preface or introduction to this song of Moses, Deu 32:1, Deu 32:2. He begins, 1. With a solemn appeal to heaven and earth concerning the truth and importance of what he was about to say, and the justice of the divine proceedings against a rebellious and backsliding people, for he had said (Deu…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6