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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:31/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:ל״א
אכי לא כצורנו צורם. דברי משה פירוש כי גוי אובד עצות והטעם כי צורנו מכרנו ואין להם צור כצורנו ולא הם טובים ממנו וכן הוא אומר ולא אויבינו פלילים וגו' כמו ולא למדתי חכמה וגו' וי״א שהוא כן ואויבינו יודו כן לכן איננו דבק עם מגפן סדום:
1FOR THEIR ROCK IS NOT AS OUR ROCK. These are the words of Moses.305 Moses explains for they306 are a nation void of counsel (v. 28). It means that our Rock307 has handed us over, and the nations have no rock like our Rock, and they are no better than we308. are.309 means the nations do not realize that the God of Israel has delivered Israel into their hands and that their own gods had nothing to do with it. Scripture similarly states, and our enemies are not judges.310 (not) in the first half of the verse also applies to the second half of the verse. I.E. reads ve-oyevenu pelilim (even our enemies themselves being judges) as ve-oyevenu lo pelilim (and our enemies are not judges); i.e., they did not execute judgment upon us, God did. Compare, And I have not learned wisdom (Prov. 30:3).311 (no or not) is carried over to the second part of the verse. The verse should be read: And I have not learned wisdom and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. Others say that the meaning of Even our enemies themselves being judges is as follows: our enemies admit this.312 It is therefore not connected to313. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom (v. 32).314 does not follow.