Today, I am reading and commenting on Deuteronomy 32-34.

As Moses prepared to turn over leadership of the Israelites to Joshua he gave to them a song for their descendants to remember his warnings to them, a song which would remind them of why they suffered after turning away from God.  The song speaks of those who have turned away from God and refused to follow His instructions.  The song describes those who turned from God despite the many ways in which He had blessed them.  They made God jealous by giving their worship to that which was not even a god (note the lower case), let alone the Creator who had made them and been their Father.  So, He would make them jealous by turning His favor to those who had not been a people.  God made those who put their trust in Jesus His people in order to make the descendants of Jacob jealous so that they would turn back to Him.  God has made Himself our Rock that we can rely upon in the storm-tossed sea of life.  If we turn from Him, He will cast us away as He cast away the descendants of Jacob when they turned from Him, but if we turn back to Him, He will welcome us into His arms, just as He longs to welcome all of the descendants of Jacob.

I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.