Deuteronomy 32:18

18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Deuteronomy 32:18 in Other Translations

KJV
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
ESV
18 You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
NLT
18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.
MSG
18 You walked out on the Rock who gave you your life, forgot the birth-God who brought you into the world.
CSB
18 You ignored the Rock who gave you birth; you forgot the God who brought you forth.

Deuteronomy 32:18 In-Context

16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The LORD saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
20 “I will hide my face from them,” he said, “and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Judges 3:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; Psalms 44:17,20; Psalms 106:21; Jeremiah 2:32; Ezekiel 23:35; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6; Isaiah 17:10
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