Psalm 78:8

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Summary

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

As their

Set not

2 Chronicles 30:19

Whose

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Bible References

As their

God settles the lonely in a home; he brings prisoners out into prosperity. But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand your wonderful works. They did not remember your many acts of loyal love, and [so] they rebelled by [the] sea at {the Red Sea}.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and, indeed, they [are] a stiff-necked people.

[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way."

And he said, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, Lord, let my Lord, please, go among us--indeed it is a stiff-necked people--and forgive our iniquity and our sin and {take us as your possession}."

"So you should understand that [it is] not because of your righteousness [that] Yahweh your God [is] giving you this good land to take possession of it, because {you are a stubborn people}.

For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck [even now] while I [am] still alive with you {today}, rebelling against Yahweh, and {how much more} after my death.

But they did not listen and they stiffened their necks, like the necks of their ancestors who did not believe in Yahweh their God.

And he said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the {Israelites}, to nations [who are] rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, they transgressed against me {until this very day}.

But they rebelled against me, and they were not willing to listen to me; each [one] {did not throw away} the detestable things of their eyes; and {they did not abandon} the idols of Egypt, and I decided to pour out my rage on them, to fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!

Set not

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh.

Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."

Only the high places were not removed. The people still had not yet set their heart on the God of their ancestors.

everyone whose heart is set to seek God, Yahweh the God of his ancestors, though not according to the cleansing for the sanctuary."

Whose

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

But you, the [ones] holding fast to Yahweh your God, [are] all alive {today}.

My companions who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt, but I remained true to Yahweh my God.

who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},

General references

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'This [is] because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out from Egypt.'

And [then] their children, who have not known, they [too] may hear, and they may learn to revere Yahweh their God all the days {that you live} on the land that you [are] crossing the Jordan {to get there} to take possession of it."

We have sinned [along] with our ancestors. We have committed iniquity; we have incurred guilt.

Tell it to your children, and your children to their children, and their children to the following generation.