Deuteronomy 32:7

For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”

“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

“As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you.

Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.

Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.

I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,

“Come,” say they, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”

but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ”

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light.

You will ascend. You will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.”

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?

but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.

You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?”

“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. ‘Don’t be afraid.’

The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.

He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?

Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.