“But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.”
But Israel rebelled and refused to listen, refusing to cast away the abominations and not forsaking the idols of Egypt, despite God's command and covenant claim. Israel's refusal represents the first instance in the comprehensive pattern of rebellion that God will now recount through history. The obstinate persistence in Egyptian religious practices demonstrates Israel's immediate rejection of the covenant and the conditions God imposed.
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