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18 You forgot[a] the Rock who fathered you,
and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

A Word of Judgment

19 But the Lord took note and despised them
because his sons and daughters enraged him.
20 He said, “I will reject them.[b]
I will see what will happen to them;
for they are a perverse generation,
children[c] who show no loyalty.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:18 tc The Hebrew text is uncertain here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:20 tn Heb “I will hide my face from them.”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:20 tn Heb “sons” (so NAB, NASB); TEV “unfaithful people.”