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Deuteronomy 32:38

36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

37 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
KJV
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
WEB
which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection.
ASV
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
DARBY
Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you.
BLB
that ate the fat of their sacrifices [and] drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise and help you⁺ and be for you⁺ a shelter.
ÅB
de som spiste deres slaktoffers fett og drakk deres drikkoffers vin? La dem reise seg og hjelpe dere! La dem være deres vern!
OTB
som da, fortærte fett av ofrene og drakk vinen av drikkofferet? La dem reise seg og hjelpe dere, la dem være deres beskyttelse!
B1930
de som åt deres slaktoffers fett og drakk deres drikkoffers vin? La dem reise sig og hjelpe eder! La dem være eders vern!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Judges 10:14

    Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

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  • Ezekiel 16:18–19

    You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.

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  • Leviticus 21:21

    No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

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  • Psalms 50:13

    Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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  • Zephaniah 2:11

    The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

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  • Hosea 2:8

    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

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