THEY ARE A NATION WITHOUT SENSE; THERE IS NO DISCERNMENT IN THEM
DEUTERONOMY 32: 15 - 47
15) But Jeshurun (another name for Israel, but you can insert the name of your country) 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.
19) And when The Lord saw it, He abhorred them, because of the provoking of His sons, and of His daughters.
20) And He said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21) They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked Me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22) For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23) I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them.
24) They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25) The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26) I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27) Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
28) For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
29) O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30) How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and The Lord had shut them up?
31) For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32) For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33) Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34) Is not this laid up in store with Me and sealed up among My treasures?
35) To Me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36) For The Lord shall judge His people, and repent Himself for His servants, when He seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37) And He shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38) Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39) See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand.
40) For I lift up My hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41) If I whet My glittering sword, and Mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42) I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43) Rejoice, O ye nations, with His people: for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will render vengeance to His adversaries, and will be merciful unto His land, and to His people.
44) And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hosea the son of Nun.
45) And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46) And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47) For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
King James Version-Public Domain
COMMENTARY
The definition of the word "froward" as defined on wiktionary.org:
disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an
evil disposition.
Verses 15 - 18: These verses describe Israel after God had rescued them from bondage in Egypt. But if you examine the description of how far they had wandered from the God who they owed so much to, you could say that this description fits the United States of America, also. But getting back to our lesson, Jeshurun (Israel) were upright people, seeing people. It didn't take long for them to loose their reputation for both their knowledge and their righteousness. They were well-fed, prosperous, self-reliant. They indulged themselves in all manner of luxury and gratifications of their appetites, fulfilling their lusts of the flesh. See Proverbs 1: 32.
Worst of all, they sacrificed to new gods. They turned their backs on God, kicking against the restraint of the laws that were meant for their good. They persecuted the prophets. They sacrificed to devils! They were not dependent upon The God Who delivered them, nor were they grateful. They chose idolatry, making a god of themselves and their appetites of the flesh.
What about you? Who is your god/ Who is your God? You can find more information about the God of Creation by visiting our "Pathways to Salvation" page. Click here: https://omaswisdom.blogspot.com/p/path-to-salvation.html.
Verses 15 - 18: These verses describe Israel after God had rescued them from bondage in Egypt. But if you examine the description of how far they had wandered from the God who they owed so much to, you could say that this description fits the United States of America, also. But getting back to our lesson, Jeshurun (Israel) were upright people, seeing people. It didn't take long for them to loose their reputation for both their knowledge and their righteousness. They were well-fed, prosperous, self-reliant. They indulged themselves in all manner of luxury and gratifications of their appetites, fulfilling their lusts of the flesh. See Proverbs 1: 32.
Worst of all, they sacrificed to new gods. They turned their backs on God, kicking against the restraint of the laws that were meant for their good. They persecuted the prophets. They sacrificed to devils! They were not dependent upon The God Who delivered them, nor were they grateful. They chose idolatry, making a god of themselves and their appetites of the flesh.
What about you? Who is your god/ Who is your God? You can find more information about the God of Creation by visiting our "Pathways to Salvation" page. Click here: https://omaswisdom.blogspot.com/p/path-to-salvation.html.
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