Deuteronomy 32:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Jeshurun

Deuteronomy 33:5

Isaiah 44:2

Kicked

1 Samuel 2:29

Acts 9:5

Waxen fat

Then he

General references

Deuteronomy 28:47

Judges 10:13

2 Kings 21:22

Bible References

Jeshurun

And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people, the tribes of Israel, were gathered together as one.

Thus saith the LORD that made thee and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my slave, and thou, Jesurun, , whom I have chosen.

Kicked

Why do ye trample my sacrifices and my offerings which I have commanded to be offered in my tabernacle and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I AM Jesus whom thou dost persecute; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Waxen fat

For I shall bring them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that flows with milk and honey, and they shall eat and fill themselves and wax fat; then they will turn unto other gods and serve them and provoke me and break my covenant.

for he covered his face with his fatness and made collops of fat on his flanks;

They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

Their eyes stand out with fatness; they easily obtain the desires of their heart.

Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.

Make the heart of this people fat and make their ears heavy and blind their eyes that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor convert and there be healing for him.

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal them.

Or dost thou despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, ignoring that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

Then he

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it unto thee: great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

Thou shalt eat and be full and bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he has given thee.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people shall rise up and fornicate after the gods of the strangers of the land where they go when they shall be among them and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.

And they took strong cities and fertile land and inherited houses full of all goods, hewn cisterns, vineyards and oliveyards and many trees of good fruit; so they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

O sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, generation of evildoers, corrupt sons! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they have turned back.

thus hath the LORD said, What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain?

How shall I pardon thee for this? Thy sons have forsaken me and sworn by them that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

In their pastures, they filled themselves; they were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; for this reason they have forgotten me.

General references

Because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

Yet ye have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore, I will deliver you no more.

and he forsook the LORD God of his fathers and did not walk in the way of the LORD.