Psalms 78:8
“And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Related Verses
“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”
“For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.”
“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”
“For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:”
“Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!”