They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Parallel translations
- WEB They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- BSB They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- NKJV They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
- NASB They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
- NLT They did not remember his power and how he rescued them from their enemies.
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They forgot God's power and the day He redeemed them from the enemy. Forgetfulness of grace fueled their unbelief.
Overview
At the root of their rebellion was a failure to 'remember his hand' and the redemption from Egypt. Forgetting God's past mercies bred present distrust. Scripture repeatedly calls believers to remember God's saving acts, supremely the redemption accomplished in Christ, as the foundation for faith.
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- Judg 8:34And 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:
- Jer 32:21And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
- Ps 78:11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- Exod 14:12Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
- Ps 106:7–10Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
- Ps 136:10–15To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Exod 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Isa 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Ps 78:21–22Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
- Exod 14:30–31Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
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