Deuteronomy 32:18

You have deserted the Rock, who became your father, 1 and you forgot the God who gave you birth. 1

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Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

In Context

17They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— 1 gods they had not known, 1 gods that recently appeared, 1 gods your fathers did not fear. 1

19Yahweh saw this and he rejected them, 1 because his sons and his daughters provoked him so. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:11Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 8:19It will happen that, if you will forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods, worship them, and reverence them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— 1 you grew fat, you were too fat, and you had eaten your fill— 1 he abandoned the God who made him, 1 and he rejected the Rock of his salvation. 1

Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God 1 or spread out our hands to a strange god, 1

Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have ignored the rock of your strength. 1 So you plant pleasant plants, and set out vine branches received from a stranger, 1

Jeremiah 2:31You who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? 1 Or a land of deep darkness? Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'? 1

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 →

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