He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 32 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion3
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'They are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness'—God hides his face from them. The motif of a faithless 'generation' from which God withholds himself directly parallels Jesus withholding the sign and departing (v.13).
Medium confidenceGod hides his face from 'a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness,' precisely the charge of faithlessness Jesus levels. The pairing of 'generation' with unbelief tracks this verse closely. It deepens the Song-of-Moses backdrop to the rebuke.
Medium confidence'They are a perverse generation, children in whom there is no faithfulness.' Continues the Song-of-Moses language behind 'faithless and perverse generation'; reinforces the Deut 32 frame.
Medium confidenceEcho3
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The same Song continues, 'they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness,' reinforcing the 'faithless and perverse' double charge. Recurrence within Deuteronomy 32 strengthens the allusion's volume.
Medium confidence'A perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness' — reinforces the 'evil and adulterous generation' charge as a Mosaic Song echo.
Medium confidenceWithin the same Song of Moses, God's complaint about 'a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faith' reinforces the 32:5 quotation and the 'children of God' contrast. The echo deepens the Deuteronomy 32 backdrop already active, so it is a low-confidence supporting echo.
Low confidence