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Deuteronomy 32:32 Cross-References

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For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: of the vine: or, worse than the vine

Deuteronomy 32:32 (KJV)

Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah—Moses shifts to agricultural metaphor, indicting pagan nations' moral corruption. The phrase ki-mi-gefen Sedom gafnam (כִּי־מִגֶּפֶן סְדֹם גַּפְנָם, 'for from vine of Sodom their vine') links enemy nations to Sodom's notorious wickedness (Genesis 19). Gefen (גֶּפֶן, 'vine') often symbolizes a people or nation—Israel is God's vine (Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:8), but here pagan nations are Sodom's vine, producing corrupt fruit from corrupt root.The imagery intensifies: their grapes are grapes of gall (anvei-rosh anavemo, עִנְּבֵי־...

Source: KJV Study Commentary

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