Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 32:16 
Context32:16 They made him jealous with other gods, 1
they enraged him with abhorrent idols. 2
Deuteronomy 32:36
Context32:36 The Lord will judge his people,
and will change his plans concerning 3 his servants;
when he sees that their power has disappeared,
and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.
Deuteronomy 32:43
Context32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,
for he will avenge his servants’ blood;
he will take vengeance against his enemies,
and make atonement for his land and people.
1 tc Heb “with strange (things).” The Vulgate actually supplies diis (“gods”).
2 tn Heb “abhorrent (things)” (cf. NRSV). A number of English versions understand this as referring to “idols” (NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV), while NLT supplies “acts.”
3 tn The translation understands the verb in the sense of “be grieved, relent” (cf. HALOT 689 s.v. נחם hitp 2); cf. KJV, ASV “repent himself”; NLT “will change his mind.” Another option is to translate “will show compassion to” (see BDB 637 s.v. נחם); cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV.
