But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;
- KJV Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- NKJV Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,
- NASB Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies,
- NLT But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws.
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Quick answer
Yet even in the land they tested and rebelled against God. His goodness did not produce lasting obedience.
Overview
Despite receiving the inheritance, they 'tempted and rebelled' and ignored His testimonies. The pattern of grace followed by rebellion continued into the settled life. It demonstrates that outward blessing cannot reform the heart, underscoring the need for the inward transformation the gospel provides.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Judg 2:11–12And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Ps 78:40–41How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
- Deut 31:16–20And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- Neh 9:25–26They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
- 2 Kgs 17:7–23All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Ezek 16:15–26But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
- Deut 32:15–21But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
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