“This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the Lord’s command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.
Parallel translations
- WEB So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
- KJV So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
- BSB So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
- NKJV So I spoke to you; yet you would not listen, but rebelled against the command of the Lord, and presumptuously went up into the mountain.
- NASB So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead, you rebelled against the command of the Lord, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country.
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Quick answer
Israel ignored the warning, rebelled again, and presumptuously went up into the hill country. Their persistent disobedience compounded their guilt.
Overview
Despite a clear warning, the people 'rebelled' and acted 'presumptuously,' showing a pattern of refusing to listen to God whether He commanded advance or retreat. Their disobedience was rooted not in genuine faith but in self-will. This stubbornness illustrates the deceitfulness of a hardened heart and stands as a warning to heed God's word promptly, a call answered fully only by hearts renewed through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Num 14:44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
- Isa 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
- Rom 8:7–8because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
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