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:
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;
- BSB The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from 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 remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- Ps 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- Ps 78:11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- Ps 106:18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- Deut 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Judg 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
- Jer 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me 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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