Deuteronomy 32:18
You dismissed the Rock who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.
Free Bible 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 rejected them when he saw this; his sons and daughters made him angry.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:11Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
Deuteronomy 8:19If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!
Deuteronomy 32:15But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
Isaiah 17:10You have forgotten the God who saves you; you have not remembered the Rock who protects you. So, even though you plant beautiful plants and grow exotic vines,
Jeremiah 2:31You people of today, think about what the Lord is saying: Israel, have I treated you like an empty desert, or a land of thick darkness? Why are my people saying, “We can go where we like! We don't have to come and worship you any more”?
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 →