“And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.”
And in the wilderness, as you have seen, the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place -- the image of the LORD carrying Israel 'as a man carries his son' is profound: it captures divine tenderness and strength. The forty years in the wilderness, rather than being abandonment, is extended fatherly care. The passage reframes the wilderness not as punishment alone but as a prolonged context for learning dependence on God.
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