The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
- KJV And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
- NKJV Thus the children of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
- NASB So the sons of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had saved them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
- NLT They forgot the Lord their God, who had rescued them from all their enemies surrounding them.
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Quick answer
Israel forgets Yahweh their God, who had repeatedly delivered them.
Overview
Forgetting God's saving acts lies at the root of their idolatry and ingratitude. Remembrance of the Lord's deeds is meant to anchor covenant faithfulness (Deut. 8). Their amnesia exposes the human heart's bent to abandon its Redeemer once danger passes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 78:42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- Ps 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- Ps 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- Eccl 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Ps 106:18Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Judg 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Jer 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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