Deuteronomy 32:18
You have forsaken the God who conceived you, and you have forgotten the Lord who created you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
In Context
19The Lord saw, and he was stirred to anger. For his own sons and daughters provoked him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:11Be observant and cautious, lest at some time you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.
Deuteronomy 8:19But if you forget the Lord your God, so that you follow foreign gods, and serve and adore them: behold, I now foretell to you that you shall utterly perish.
Deuteronomy 32:15The beloved grew fat, and he kicked. Having grown fat and thick and wide, he abandoned God, his Maker, and he withdrew from God, his Savior.
Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten God your Savior, and you have not remembered your strong Helper. Because of this, you will plant trustworthy plants, but you will sow a foreign seed.
Jeremiah 2:31Consider the word of the Lord. Have I become like a wilderness to Israel, or like a land late to bear fruit? Then why have my people said, ‘We are withdrawing; we will no longer approach you’?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:16-19
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.… Read the whole commentary →