And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
- BSB But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- NKJV But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
- NASB ¶Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
- NLT Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
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Quick answer
Yet despite all this, they kept on sinning and rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Overview
Tragically, God's abundant provision did not produce gratitude but continued rebellion. Israel's persistent sin amid such grace exposes the depth of the human heart's resistance to God. This sobering turn warns against presuming on God's kindness and magnifies the need for the new heart God promises in Christ.
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- Isa 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Deut 9:8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
- Heb 3:16–19For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
- Deut 9:12–22And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- Ps 106:13–32They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- Ps 95:8–10Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Ps 78:32For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
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