Verse 36
Psalms 106:36
New Living Translation
36
They worshiped their idols,<br>which led to their downfall.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעַבְד֥וּ אֶת עֲצַבֵּי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יִּהְי֖וּ לָ/הֶ֣ם לְ/מוֹקֵֽשׁ
English Translation
And they served their idols, and they became a snare to them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 106 Context
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Praise the LORD!<br> Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!<br>His faithful love endures forever.<...
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Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD?<br>Who can ever praise him enough?<br>
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There is joy for those who deal justly with others<br>and always do what is right.<br>
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Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people;<br>come near and rescue me.<br>
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Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.<br>Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;<br>...
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Like our ancestors, we have sinned.<br>We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!<br>
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Our ancestors in Egypt<br>were not impressed by the LORD’s miraculous deeds.<br>They soon forgot his...
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Even so, he saved them —<br>to defend the honor of his name<br>and to demonstrate his mighty power.<...
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He commanded the Red Sea to dry up.<br>He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.<br>
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So he rescued them from their enemies<br>and redeemed them from their foes.<br>
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Then the water returned and covered their enemies;<br>not one of them survived.<br>
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Then his people believed his promises.<br>Then they sang his praise.<br>
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Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!<br>They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!<br>
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In the wilderness their desires ran wild,<br>testing God (Elohim)’s patience in that dry wasteland.<...
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So he gave them what they asked for,<br>but he sent a plague along with it.<br>
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The people in the camp were jealous of Moses<br>and envious of Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.<br>
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Because of this, the earth opened up;<br>it swallowed Dathan<br>and buried Abiram and the other rebe...
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Fire fell upon their followers;<br>a flame consumed the wicked.<br>
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The people made a calf at Mount Sinai ;<br>they bowed before an image made of gold.<br>
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They traded their glorious God (Elohim)<br>for a statue of a grass-eating bull.<br>
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They forgot God (Elohim), their savior,<br>who had done such great things in Egypt —<br>
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such wonderful things in the land of Ham,<br>such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.<br>
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So he declared he would destroy them.<br>But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the...
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The people refused to enter the pleasant land,<br>for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for...
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Instead, they grumbled in their tents<br>and refused to obey the LORD.<br>
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Therefore, he solemnly swore<br>that he would kill them in the wilderness,<br>
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that he would scatter their descendants among the nations,<br>exiling them to distant lands.<br>
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Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;<br>they even ate sacrifices offered to the...
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They angered the LORD with all these things,<br>so a plague broke out among them.<br>
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But Phinehas had the courage to intervene,<br>and the plague was stopped.<br>
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So he has been regarded as a righteous man<br>ever since that time.<br>
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At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD,<br>causing Moses serious trouble.<br>
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They made Moses angry,<br>and he spoke foolishly.<br>
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Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,<br>as the LORD had commanded them.<br>
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Instead, they mingled among the pagans<br>and adopted their evil customs.<br>
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They worshiped their idols,<br>which led to their downfall.<br>
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They even sacrificed their sons<br>and their daughters to the demons.<br>
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They shed innocent blood,<br>the blood of their sons and daughters.<br>By sacrificing them to the id...
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They defiled themselves by their evil deeds,<br>and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD’s s...
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That is why the LORD’s anger burned against his people,<br>and he abhorred his own special possessio...
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He handed them over to pagan nations,<br>and they were ruled by those who hated them.<br>
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Their enemies crushed them<br>and brought them under their cruel power.<br>
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Again and again he rescued them,<br>but they chose to rebel against him,<br>and they were finally de...
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Even so, he pitied them in their distress<br>and listened to their cries.<br>
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He remembered his covenant with them<br>and relented because of his unfailing love.<br>
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He even caused their captors<br>to treat them with kindness.<br>
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Save us, O LORD our God (Elohim)!<br>Gather us back from among the nations,<br>so we can thank your...
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Praise the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel,<br>who lives from everlasting to everlasting!<br>Let al...
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