Deuteronomy 32:5

His people have been unfaithful ¹  to him; they have not acted like his children ²  – this is their sin. ³  They are a perverse ⁴  and deceitful generation.

Ge 6:12; Ex 32:7; De 4:16; De 9:24; De 31:29; Jud 2:19; Ps 78:8; Isa 1:4; Ho 9:9; Zep 3:7; Mt 3:7; Mt 16:4; Mt 17:17; Lu 9:41; Joh 8:41; Ac 7:51; 2Co 11:3; Php 2:15

¹ tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).

tn Heb “have acted corruptly” (so NASB, NIV, NLT); NRSV “have dealt falsely.”

² tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”

³ tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.

⁴ tn Heb “twisted,” “crooked.” See Ps 18:26.