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Deuteronomy 9:24 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 9 · verse 24
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.Deuteronomy 9:24 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 9:24 in context
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
23Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
24Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
25Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
26I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebelliousmârâhto be bitterH4784 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: "Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deu 9:7);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-29