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

General references

Bible References

As their

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

Then the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way."

and said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."

Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn people!

for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death!

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the Lord their God.

He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.

But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

Set not

They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord."

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple."

Whose

They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

General references

You are to tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.