Forgetfulness
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“Whoso is wise will give heed to these things;
And they will consider the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah.”
Psalm 107
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“Call to Remembrance the Former Days”
Why did ancient Israel so easily forget God’s dealings? The people
did not retain in their memory His works of greatness and power or
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His words of warning. Had they remembered His wondrous dealings
with them they would not have received the reproof:
“Who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall
die,
And of the son of man that shall be made as grass;
And hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker,
That stretched forth the heavens,
And laid the foundations of the earth;
And fearest continually all the day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he maketh ready to destroy?
And where is the fury of the oppressor?”
Isaiah 51:12, 13
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But the children of Israel forgot God, whose they were by creation
and by redemption. After seeing all His wondrous works, they tempted
Him.
To the Israelites were committed the sacred oracles. But God’s
revealed word was misinterpreted and misapplied. The people despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
“The vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah His pleasant plant:
And He looked for justice, but, behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but, behold, a cry.”