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Psalm 81:11

New International Reader's Version

“But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.

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Elisha said, “Go around to all your neighbors. Ask them for empty jars. Get as many as you can.

So Moses and Aaron spoke to all the people of Israel. They said, “In the evening you will know that the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. That is the land where you were slaves.

The people saw that Moses took a long time to come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “Come. Make us a god that will lead us. This fellow Moses brought us up out of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him.”

“So tell the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord. I will throw off the heavy load the Egyptians have put on your shoulders. I will set you free from being slaves to them. I will reach out my arm and save you with mighty acts when I judge Egypt.

You wouldn’t accept my advice. You turned your backs on my warnings.

“But a new day is coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time here is what people will no longer say. ‘As sure as he is alive, the Lord brought the Israelites up out of Egypt.’

But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.

When it arrives there, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.

But then they deserted the Rock. He was their Father. They forgot the God who created them.

“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. That is the land where you were slaves.

People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?




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