translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: DEU

label: NET study note

text: Olive oil from rock probably suggests olive trees growing on rocky ledges and yet doing so productively. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 415; cf. TEV “their olive trees flourished in stony ground.”


text: They have made me jealous . The “jealousy” of God is not a spirit of pettiness prompted by his insecurity, but righteous indignation caused by the disloyalty of his people to his covenant grace (see note on the word “God” in Deut 4:24 ). The jealousy of Israel, however (see next line), will be envy because of God’s lavish attention to another nation. This is an ironic wordplay. See H. Peels, NIDOTTE 3:938-39.


text: Sodom…Gomorrah . The term “vine” is a reference to the pagan deities which, the passage says, find their ultimate source in Sodom and Gomorrah, that is, in the soil of perversion exemplified by these places (cf. Gen 18:20; 19:4-28 ; Isa 1:10; 3:9 ; Jer 23:14 ; Lam 4:6 ; Ezek 16:44-52 ; Matt 10:15; 11:23-24 ).


text: Abarim . This refers to the high plateau region of the Transjordan, the highest elevation of which is Mount Pisgah (or Nebo; cf. Deut 34:1 ). See also the note on the name “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17 .


text: Mount Hor . See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6 .