Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
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Interpretation
Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession.
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This thought runs through Deuteronomy 29:25-29.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.