I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
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I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
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And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
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And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 31:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 31:16-17 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 31:18 And I will surely hide my face…
Deu 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Ver. 18. Hide my face,] i.e., Withdraw my favour, and therewith all good.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now, therefore, write ye this song for you,.... Which…
Now, therefore, write ye this song for you,.... Which was now dictated by the Lord, and given to Moses and Joshua to write, which is recorded in Deu 32:1,
and teach it the children of Israel; teach them by it, instructing them in the meaning of it: thus it was usual in ancient times to write things in verses, that they might be the more pleasingly attended to and regarded, and be longer retained in memory; and especially this practice was used with children, and still is:
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put it in their mouths; oblige them to get it by heart, or lay it up in their memories, and repeat it frequently, that it may be familiar to them, and not be forgotten by them:
that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel; when in times to come they shall call to mind how in this song they were cautioned against such and such sins, and what they were threatened with should befall them on account of them, and how all things have come to pass exactly as foretold in it; which would be a testimony for God of his goodness to them, of his tender care of them, and concern for them, in the previous cautions he gave them; and of his foreknowledge of future events; and a testimony against them for their ingratitude and other sins.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. I will surely hide my face] Withdraw…
Verse 18. I will surely hide my face] Withdraw my approbation and my protection. This is a general meaning of the word in Scripture.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. hide my face] Some Heb. MSS, Sam., LXX,…
18. hide my face] Some Heb. MSS, Sam., LXX, etc., add from them; but the Heb. has the next vbs. in Sg. evil which it has wrought, and it turned to other gods (Sam. they and they). The Heb. vb. is panah, not used exactly so elsewhere in Deut., but cp. Deu_29:18 (17), Deu_30:17, and below Deu_31:20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) I will surely hide my face.—“As though I…
(18) I will surely hide my face.—“As though I did not see (them) in their distress” (Rashi).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 31:18 I will hide my face: The invisible God…
31:18 I will hide my face: The invisible God used this figure of speech (see study note on 8:2) to communicate the breaking of fellowship between himself and his people. He turned away to indicate his rejection and repudiation.
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