Deuteronomy 32:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

The Lord saw, and was moved to wrath: because his own sons and daughters provoked him.
Douay-Rheims

וַיַּ֥רְא יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּנְאָ֑ץ מִכַּ֥עַס בָּנָ֖יו וּבְנֹתָֽיו׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Palaea Historica

13th centuryChurch Father

The Lord observed and was filled with jealousy, experiencing wrath against the sons and daughters for having struck some prophets and harmed others. As it is written, “Let all the blood that was shed from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, come upon you” (Matt. 23:35).

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ps 106 (105):40
Judg 2:14And the Lord being angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers: who took them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt round about: neither could they stand against their enemies:
Isa 1:2Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
Ps 5:4For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
Rev 3:16But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
Ps 78 (77):59
Jer 44:21Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered, and hath it not entered into his heart?
Jer 44:23Because you have sacrificed to idols, and have sinned against the Lord: and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his law, and in his commandments, and in his testimonies: therefore are these evils come upon you, as at this day.