Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,
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Israel’s Rebellion But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
Whenever they went out to fight, the LORD did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)
Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.
“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,
King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.
They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.
Beware sinful nation, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the LORD, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.
The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!
When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!