微读圣经

Israel’s Unfaithfulness to God

1Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

His faithful love endures forever. 1Ch 16:34,41; Ps 100:5

2Who can declare the Lord’s mighty acts

or proclaim all the praise due Him? Ps 145:4,12; 150:2

3How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times. Ps 15:2

4Remember me, Lord,

when You show favor to Your people. Ps 119:132

Come to me with Your salvation

5so that I may enjoy the prosperity

of Your chosen ones,

rejoice in the joy of Your nation,

and boast about Your heritage. Dt 32:9; Ps 105:6,43

6Both we and our fathers have sinned;

we have done wrong and have acted wickedly. Lv 26:40; Jr 3:25; 14:20

7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of Your wonderful works

or remember Your many acts of faithful love;

instead, they rebelled by the sea — the Red Sea. Ex 14:10-12; Ps 78:17

8Yet He saved them because of His name,

to make His power known. Ex 9:16; Ezk 20:9

9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

He led them through the depths as through a desert. Ps 18:15; 104:7; Is 63:11-13

10He saved them from the hand of the adversary;

He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Ex 14:30; Ps 107:2

11Water covered their foes;

not one of them remained. Ex 14:27-28; 15:5; Ps 78:53

12Then they believed His promises

and sang His praise. Ex 14:31; 15:1-21; Ps 105:43

13They soon forgot His works

and would not wait for His counsel. Ex 15:24; Ps 78:11; 107:11

14They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert. Nm 11:4; Ps 78:18

15He gave them what they asked for,

but sent a wasting disease among them. Nm 11:31; Ps 78:29

16In the camp they were envious of Moses

and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one. Nm 16:1-3

17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram. Nm 16:31-32; Dt 11:6

18Fire blazed throughout their assembly;

flames consumed the wicked. Nm 16:35

19At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image. Ex 32:4; Dt 9:8; Ac 7:41

20They exchanged their glory Alt Jewish tradition reads His or My glory = God

for the image of a grass-eating ox. Jr 2:11; Rm 1:23

21They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt, Dt 10:21; Ps 78:11

22wonderful works in the land of Ham, = Egypt

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea. Ps 105:27

23So He said He would have destroyed them —

if Moses His chosen one

had not stood before Him in the breach

to turn His wrath away from destroying them. Ex 32:10; Dt 9:14; Ezk 20:8

24They despised the pleasant land

and did not believe His promise. Nm 14:31; Dt 9:23; Heb 3:19

25They grumbled in their tents

and did not listen to the Lord’s voice. Nm 14:2; Dt 1:27

26So He raised His hand against them with an oath

that He would make them fall in the desert Nm 14:28-35; Ezk 20:15; Heb 3:11

27and would disperse their descendants Syr; MT reads would make their descendants fall

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands. Lv 26:33; Dt 4:27; Ps 44:11

28They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. Lit sacrifices for dead ones Nm 25:3; Dt 4:3; Hs 9:10

29They provoked the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them. Nm 25:4

30But Phinehas stood up and intervened,

and the plague was stopped. Nm 25:7-8

31It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come. Gn 15:6; Nm 25:10-13

32They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,

and Moses suffered Lit and it was evil for Moses because of them; Nm 20:2-13; Ps 81:7

33for they embittered his spirit, Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read they rebelled against His Spirit

and he spoke rashly with his lips. Ps 78:40; Is 63:10

34They did not destroy the peoples

as the Lord had commanded them Dt 7:2,16; Jdg 1:21,27-36

35but mingled with the nations

and adopted their ways. Jdg 3:5-6

36They served their idols,

which became a snare to them. Dt 7:16; Jdg 2:12

37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. Lv 17:7; Dt 32:17

38They shed innocent blood —

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood. Nm 35:33; Is 24:5

39They defiled themselves by their actions

and prostituted themselves by their deeds. Lv 18:24; Ezk 20:18,30-31

40Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against His people,

and He abhorred His own inheritance. Dt 32:19; Ps 78:59

41He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled them. Jdg 2:14; Neh 9:27

42Their enemies oppressed them,

and they were subdued under their power. Jdg 4:3; 10:12

43He rescued them many times,

but they continued to rebel deliberately

and were beaten down by their sin. Jdg 2:16-18; Ps 81:12

44When He heard their cry,

He took note of their distress, Jdg 3:3; 6:7; 10:10

45remembered His covenant with them,

and relented according to the riches

of His faithful love. Lv 26:42; Ps 105:8

46He caused them to be pitied

before all their captors. 1Kg 8:50; 2Ch 30:9; Ezr 9:9

47Save us, Yahweh our God,

and gather us from the nations,

so that we may give thanks to Your holy name

and rejoice in Your praise. Ps 107:3; 147:2

48May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised

from everlasting to everlasting. Ps 41:13; 72:18; 89:52

Let all the people say, “Amen! ”

Hallelujah! 1Ch 16:35-36