12 otherwise, (A)when you eat and are satisfied, and you build good houses and live in them,

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12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,(A)

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14 then your heart will [a]become proud and you will (A)forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [b]slavery;

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  1. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit be high
  2. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit slaves

14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(A) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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13 (A)He had him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
(B)And He had him suck honey from the rock,
And [a](C)oil from the flinty rock,
14 Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats,
(D)With the best of the wheat;
And you drank wine of the (E)blood of grapes.

15 (F)But [b]Jeshurun became fat and kicked—
You have become fat, thick, and obstinate—
(G)Then he abandoned God (H)who made him,
And [c]rejected (I)the Rock of his salvation.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:13 I.e., olive oil
  2. Deuteronomy 32:15 I.e., Israel
  3. Deuteronomy 32:15 Lit declared void

13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(D)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(E)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(F)

15 Jeshurun[a](G) grew fat(H) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(I) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(J) their Savior.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

“Why should I forgive you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those who are (B)not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They (C)committed adultery
And stayed at the prostitute’s house.

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)

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