Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 32 connects to 10 cross-references. Moses recites the Song of Moses, a poetic summary of Israel's history with God: God's faithfulness as a father, Israel's rebellion and apostasy with foreign gods, God's punishment through enemy nations, and ultimately God's vengeance on those enemies and compassion …
Other Translations
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
He findeth him in a land--a desert, And in a void--a howling wilderness, He turneth him round--He causeth him to understand--He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.
Cross References
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed …
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was …
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that …
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from …
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, …
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. …
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.