Deuteronomy 32:20

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 32:5 describes the same 'perverse and crooked generation' that prompts God to hide His face — an internal parallel within the song.

In Deuteronomy 31:18, God again says he will hide his face because of their evil and idolatry — reinforcing the same judgment as here.

In Deuteronomy 31:17, God says he will hide his face and forsake them — nearly identical wording to the hiding of face here in the Song of Moses.

In Deuteronomy 31:27, Moses earlier describes the same rebellion and stiff neck, reinforcing the charge of faithlessness.

Isaiah 64:7 Allusion

Isaiah 64:7 laments that God has hidden His face because of iniquities, mirroring the judgment of hiding face from a faithless generation.

In 2 Thessalonians 3:2, Paul notes that 'all men have not faith', directly paralleling the description of faithless children.

Luke 7:31 Allusion

Luke 7:31 asks about 'the men of this generation' — directly echoing the same description of a perverse generation as in Deuteronomy.

Mark 9:19 Citation

In Mark 9:19, Jesus uses the same phrase 'faithless generation', echoing the charge of no faith in Deuteronomy.

In Matthew 17:17, Jesus directly quotes 'faithless and perverse generation', applying this OT indictment to his own day.

Matthew 11:16 calls Jesus' contemporaries 'this generation' — echoing the 'froward generation' label, linking the rejection of God's messengers.

Jeremiah 18:17 depicts God showing the back, not the face, to His disobedient people — a vivid parallel to hiding His face.

In Isaiah 65:2-5, God spreads hands to a rebellious people, contrasting with hiding His face here — opposite responses to similar sin.

Isaiah 30:9 Parallel

In Isaiah 30:9, the people are called 'rebellious children' who will not hear, mirroring the faithless generation.

Isaiah 7:9 Allusion

In Isaiah 7:9, the same principle is stated: unbelief leads to instability, directly echoing 'no faith'.

Job 34:29 Parallel

Job 34:29 describes God hiding His face, making none able to behold Him — a direct parallel to the divine concealment in Deuteronomy.

Job 13:24 Allusion

Job 13:24 uses the same 'hide thy face' complaint, echoing God's withdrawal from His people as a sign of judgment.

Isaiah 59:2 Allusion

Isaiah 59:2 explicitly states that sins hide God's face—providing the theological cause behind the hiding threatened in Deuteronomy 32:20.

Ezekiel 7:2 Allusion

Ezekiel 7:2 proclaims 'The end has come' — directly echoing God's statement 'I will see what their end will be' in Deuteronomy 32:20.

Ezekiel 39:23 explicitly says God hid His face because of unfaithfulness — the same cause and consequence as Deuteronomy 32:20.

Micah 3:4 Parallel

Micah 3:4 says God will hide His face because of evil — directly mirroring the hiding of face in Deuteronomy 32:20.

Isaiah 8:17 Allusion

Isaiah 8:17 mentions waiting on the LORD who hides His face from Jacob—directly echoing the divine hiding described in Deuteronomy 32:20.

Psalm 44:24 Citation

Psalm 44:24 directly asks why God hides His face—the same phrase and concept from Deuteronomy 32:20, now as a lament.

In Hebrews 11:6, the necessity of faith is declared, grounding why the lack of faith here is so serious.