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Deuteronomy 32:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Israel, the LORD is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.

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Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times.

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

You, LORD, are our Father. We are nothing but clay, but you are the potter who moulded us.

I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born. Israel, don't be terrified! You are my chosen servant, my very favourite.

Remember the people you rescued long ago, the tribe you chose to be your very own. Think of Mount Zion, your home;

Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves.

Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

God paid a great price for you. So use your body to honour God.

God's Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of him. Instead, we become his children and call him our Father.

Look after yourselves and everyone the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be like shepherds to God's church. It is the flock that he bought with the blood of his own Son.

But you are doing exactly what your father does.” “Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”

They are my people— I created each of them to bring honour to me.”

People of Israel, rejoice because of your Creator. People of Zion, celebrate because of your King.

You know the LORD is God! He created us, and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep in his pasture.

You turned away from God, your Creator; you forgot the Mighty Rock, the source of your life.

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator; you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.

And you know that the LORD has taken care of us the whole time we've been in the desert, just as you might carry one of your children.”

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

I heard the LORD say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy.

The LORD has said, “Listen, heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me.

What must I give you, LORD, for being so good to me?

Bow down and worship the LORD our Creator!

Remember your enemies, LORD! They foolishly sneer and won't respect you.

Will you now destroy someone you created?

struck down by fear. Our LORD, your powerful arm kept them still as a rock until the people you rescued for your very own had marched by.

Then tell him that I have said, “Israel is my firstborn son,

People of Israel, that's what the LORD has said to you. But you don't have good sense, and you never listen to advice.

You have chosen Israel to be your people for ever, and you have become their God.

You are like a senseless child who refuses to be born at the proper time.

People of Israel, you are the LORD's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.

Descendants of Jacob, I, the LORD, created you and formed your nation. Israel, don't be afraid. I have rescued you. I have called you by name; now you belong to me.

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”




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