Cause Forsaken Forsaking Guide Hast Haven't Leading Led Procured Thyself
2:17 Hast thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he {b} led thee by the way?
(b) Showing that God would have still led them correctly, if they would have followed him.
2:17 When - By the conduct of providence in the wilderness, keeping thee from all dangers.
2:14-19 Is Israel a servant? No, they are the seed of Abraham. We may apply this spiritually: Is the soul of man a slave? No, it is not; but has sold its own liberty, and enslaved itself to divers lusts and passions. The Assyrian princes, like lions, prevailed against Israel. People from Egypt destroyed their glory and strength. They brought these calamities on themselves by departing from the Lord. The use and application of this is, Repent of thy sin, that thy correction may not be thy ruin. What has a Christian to do in the ways of forbidden pleasure or vain sinful mirth, or with the pursuits of covetousness and ambition?
Cause Forsaken Forsaking Guide Led Procured Thyself Time Way Yourselves
Cause Forsaken Forsaking Guide Led Procured Thyself Time Way Yourselves
