Deuteronomy 32:15

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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 and the tribes of Israel were gathered.

So says Jehovah who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Kicked

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering, which I have commanded in My house? Do you honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?

And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

Waxen fat

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, the land that flows with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and have become satisfied, and become fat, then turn to other gods and serve them, and provoke Me and break My covenant.

because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,

Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.

Their heart is without feeling, like fat; but I delight in Your Law.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back, and be healed.

For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time 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 do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Then he

And it shall be when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and good cities which you did not build,

And you shall eat and be satisfied, then you shall bless Jehovah your God for the good land which He has given you.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, into their midst. And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I made with them.

And they took strong cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger; they have gone away backward.

So says Jehovah, What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Why shall I pardon you for this? Your sons have forsaken Me, and have sworn by No-gods. When I adjured them, then they committed adultery, and gathered themselves by troops in a harlot's house.

According to their pasture, so were they filled. They were filled and their heart was lifted up. Therefore they have forgotten Me.

General references

Because you did not serve Jehovah your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart for the abundance of all things;

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

And he left Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.