Deuteronomy 32:1

Give ear. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6. Compare Isaiah 1:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Give ear, O ye (a) heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. (a) As witness of this people's ingratitude.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Give ear, O ye heavens. Moses commences in a strain of magnificence, lest the people should disdain this song with their usual pride, or...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 1. Give ear, O ye heavens — Nothing can be more elegant and magnificent than the exordium of this divine ode: its whole disposition and for...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Song of Moses The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter is almost filled with that beautiful song of Moses, which, from its containing so much of gospel in it, hath warned and instru...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth , the words of my mouth. This song is prefaced and introduced in a very grand and pom...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Ver. 1. Give ear, O ye heavens, ] q.d. , Such is this people'...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

“This very sublime ode,” says Dr. Kennicott, “is distinguished even by the Jews, both in their manuscripts and printed copies, as being poetry. In ou...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 32 The Song of Moses. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the ma...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 32:1 . Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak. This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak. Moses’ adjuration Isaiah makes a similar sublime commencement to his prophecies, apostrophising heave...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth! Heaven and earth are not only called upon as witnesses in the eve...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Position and Apostasy
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Deuteronomy 31:28 ; Deuteronomy 4:26 ; Isaiah 1:2 ; Jeremiah 2:12 ; Jeremiah 22:29 ; Jeremiah 6:19 ; Psalms 49:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

O heavens, O earth — You lifeless and senseless creatures, which he calls upon partly to accuse the stupidity of Israel, that were more dull of hea...

¹ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 32:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 32:1