And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
- KJV And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
- NKJV Also I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not obeyed My voice.’ ”
- NASB and I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.” But you have not obeyed Me.’ ”
- NLT I told you, ‘I am the Lord your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
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Quick answer
God had commanded Israel not to fear the gods of the Amorites, but they had disobeyed His voice.
Overview
The prophet's message reaches its point: Yahweh had charged Israel to worship Him alone, yet they had turned to false gods. Their failure to heed His voice is the root cause of Midianite oppression. This indictment shows that idolatry, the breaking of the first commandment, lies at the heart of Israel's troubles and remains the chief temptation of the human heart.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 10:2This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
- Jer 9:13And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
- 2 Kgs 17:35–39For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
- Exod 20:2–3“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Judg 2:2and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
- Jer 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
- Jer 43:4So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
- Jer 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
- Jer 42:21For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
- Jer 43:7So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
- Rom 10:16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- 2 Kgs 17:33They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
- Prov 5:13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
- Zeph 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
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