Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Forgetting God » Is forgetting his » Law
I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
Forgetting God » Law
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will].
Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge,
I will also reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your children.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned, each one, to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]
To fall on Him [instead of us].
I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.