¶Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
- KJV And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
- 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.
- NLT Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
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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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Cross-references · 7
- Isa 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
- Deut 9:8Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.
- Heb 3:16–19For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn’t all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?
- Deut 9:12–22Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
- Ps 106:13–32They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Ps 95:8–10Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
- Ps 78:32For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
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