Comentario sobre Deuteronómio 32:20

מה אחריתם [I WILL SEE] WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE — i.e. what will come upon them in the end.

AND HE SAID — “that is, and G-d said in His heart, or to the angels. I WILL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM. This expression is according to the language of man; so also, I will hide Mine eyes from you.⁷¹Isaiah 1:15. And the meaning thereof is that when they will seek Me they will not find Me. I WILL SEE WHAT THEIR END SHALL BE. Some scholars say: ‘I will hide My face from them because I see what they will do in the end.’ But the correct interpretation is as its simple implication: ‘[I will hide My face] until I will see what they do in their distress.’” Thus far are the words of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra. Now the word vayomer (and He said) applies only to the thought and the will before Him to do so, [rather than to an actual statement], similar to the expression and G-d said⁷²Genesis 1:3. in the account of Creation. I have already explained it.⁷³Ibid. (Vol. I, pp. 27-28). I have also explained the expression My face by way of the Truth.⁷⁴Exodus 20:3 (Vol. II, pp. 290-291). Thus, I will hide My face means that I will remove My Divine Presence. I will see what their end shall be is similar to I will go down now, and see,⁷⁵Genesis 18:21. which I have already explained.⁷⁶Ibid., Verse 20 (Vol. I, pp. 243-245). For they are a generation of perversity⁷⁷In Verse 20 before us. and they will not be able to stand up before Me. Children in whom is no ‘eimun’ (training),⁷⁷In Verse 20 before us. for they have no nurse nor tutor. The person learned in the mysteries of the Cabala will understand.⁷⁸See Ramban to Leviticus 26:42 (Vol. III, p. 475): “Ask on my behalf about the welfare of she who raises them” (Abusaula).
Now, up to this point Moses utters the Song and speaks in the first person. From this verse onward, wherein he mentioned, And the Eternal saw, and spurned,⁷⁹Verse 19. And He said: ‘I will hide My face’⁷⁷In Verse 20 before us. — they are all the words of the Glorious Name:⁸⁰Above, 28:58. They have roused Me to jealousy;⁸¹Verse 21. they have provoked Me,⁸¹Verse 21. and similarly the entire Song [to the end].

אסתירה פני מהם, from the sons and daughters.