Verse 8

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:37 : 37 They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
  • Exod 32:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to Moses:“I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!
  • 2 Kgs 17:14 : 14 But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.
  • Ezek 20:18 : 18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
  • Deut 31:27 : 27 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!
  • 2 Chr 30:7 : 7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.
  • Exod 33:3 : 3 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.”
  • Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses,“Tell the Israelites,‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
  • Exod 34:9 : 9 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.”
  • Deut 4:4 : 4 But you who remained faithful to the LORD your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.
  • Deut 9:6-7 : 6 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! 7 The History of Israel’s Stubbornness Remember– don’t ever forget– how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.
  • Deut 9:13 : 13 Moreover, he said to me,“I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot!
  • Deut 9:24 : 24 You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you!
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 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.”
  • Job 11:13 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
  • Ps 68:6 : 6 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.
  • 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”
  • 2 Chr 20:33 : 33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.
  • Josh 14:8-9 : 8 My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God. 9 That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’
  • Matt 23:31-33 : 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 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.
  • Isa 30:9 : 9 For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law.
  • Ezek 2:3-8 : 3 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. 4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ 5 And as for them, whether they listen or not– for they are a rebellious house– they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words– even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions– do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house! 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. 8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”
  • Ezek 20:8 : 8 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.