The statement that though the LORD has written the great things of his law, they are regarded as a strange thing suggests that Israel has become alienated from God's revealed will, that the covenant law that should guide their behavior has become unfamiliar and foreign to them. The strangeness of the law indicates a loss of covenant memory and identity, that Israel no longer recognizes the very instruction meant to constitute their community. This verse emphasizes the tragedy of covenant abandonment—the law meant to guide Israel has become unrecognizable to them.

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