SEV Biblia, Chapter 32:31
Que el fuerte de ellos no es como nuestro Fuerte; y aun nuestros enemigos son de ello jueces.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:31
Verse 31. For their rock] The gods and pretended protectors of the Romans. Is not as our Rock] Have neither power nor influence like our God.
Our enemies themselves being judges.] For they often acknowledged the irresistible power of that God who fought for Israel. See Exod. xiv. 25; Num. xxiii. 8-12, 19-21; 1 Sam. iv. 8.
There is a passage in Virgil, Eclog. iv., ver. 58, very similar to this saying of Moses:- Pan Deus Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se judice victum.
"Should the god Pan contend with me," (in singing the praises of the future hero, the deliverer, prophesied of in the Sibylline books,) "were even Arcadia judge, Pan would acknowledge himself to be vanquished, Arcadia herself being judge."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. For their rock [is] not as our rock , etc.] That is, the gods of the Heathens, the rock in which they trusted, are not like the God of Israel, the rock of salvation, in which all true believers, whether Jews or Gentiles, place their confidence; and indeed let that be what it will, that is short of Christ the rock, men lay the stress of their salvation on, it is no rock, but sand, and will stand them in no stead; (see Matthew 7:24-27); even our enemies themselves [being] judges ; as has been confessed of the God of Israel by the Heathens; (see Exodus 14:25 Numbers 23:8 1 Samuel 4:8); and was by Titus with respect to the destruction of Jerusalem; (see Gill on “ Deuteronomy 32:27”); and by the Roman emperors when conquered by the Christians, who asked pardon of the God of the Christians, and owned that the God of Constantine was the true God; (see Gill on “ Revelation 6:16”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-38 - The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel and continues them still to be living witnesses of the truth of the Bible, and to silence unbelievers. They are preserved for wise and holy purposes and the prophecies give us some idea what those purposes are The Lord will never disgrace the throne of his glory. It is grea wisdom, and will help much to the return of sinners to God, seriousl to consider their latter end, or the future state. It is here mean particularly of what God foretold by Moses, about this people in the latter days; but it may be applied generally. Oh that men woul consider the happiness they will lose, and the misery they wil certainly plunge into, if they go on in their trespasses! What will be in the end thereof? Jer 5:31. For the Lord will in due time bring dow the enemies of the church, in displeasure against their wickedness When sinners deem themselves most secure, they suddenly fall int destruction. And God's time to appear for the deliverance of his people, is when things are at the worst with them. But those who trus to any rock but God, will find it fail them when they most need it. The rejection of the Messiah by the Jewish nation, is the continuance of their ancient idolatry, apostacy, and rebellion. They shall be brough to humble themselves before the Lord, to repent of their sins, and to trust in their long-rejected Mediator for salvation. Then he wil deliver them, and make their prosperity great.
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 לא 3808 כצורנו 6697 צורם 6697 ואיבינו 341 פלילים׃ 6414
