Israel · Vengeance is mine; rejoice, O nations

Deuteronomy 32:35-43

Moses · ~1406 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65% · Payne §Dt 47
“To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.”
King James Version · the opening — all 9 verses are below
More of Deuteronomy 32 on this siteDeuteronomy 32:19-27

The Song's close — God's vengeance and recompense, and the call for the nations to rejoice with His people — cited across the NT.

Read the whole passage — all 9 verses (KJV)

32:35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

32:37And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

32:38Which 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.

32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

32:41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Fulfillment References

Romans 12:19 Hebrews 10:30 Romans 15:10 Revelation 19:2

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Vengeance is mine' belongs to the one God; and the nations rejoice with His people (Rom. 15:10) — fulfilled as Jew and Gentile become one in Christ.
JewishGod's prerogative of justice and His ultimate vindication of His people — the Song's hopeful conclusion.
CatholicGod's justice and mercy, the nations called to rejoice with His people — fulfilled in the gospel's reach.
ProtestantCited repeatedly: 'Vengeance is mine' (Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30) and 'Rejoice, O nations' (Rom. 15:10) — the Gentiles joined to God's people.
OrthodoxGod's justice and the rejoicing of the nations with His people.
DispensationalGod's vengeance and the nations' rejoicing, consummated in the kingdom.
AcademicThe Song's conclusion is among the most NT-cited Pentateuch texts; Paul and Hebrews draw on it for both judgment and Gentile inclusion.
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