“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.”
The ignored command: 'Yet they have not obeyed me or paid attention to me. Instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward.' This verse indicates that the people have refused 'obedience,' have 'not paid attention,' and instead have 'followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.' The phrase 'They went backward, not forward' suggests regression: instead of progressing toward covenant faithfulness, the people have retreated into deeper apostasy. Theologically, this verse indicates that the people's failure is not circumstantial but deliberate: they have knowingly chosen disobedience and stubbornness.
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