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Deuteronomy 31:17

Deuteronomy 31:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

my anger: , ; ; ,

I will forsake: ; ; , ;

hide my face: Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the Shechinah:, or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge. ; ; , , , ; , ; ,

befall them: Heb. find them, *marg.

Are not these: ; ; ;

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