Judges 8:34

Modern

The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

Traditional

And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

Literal

And the sons of Israel did not remember YHWH their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side,

Latin

…nec recordati sunt Domini Dei sui, qui eruit eos de manibus inimicorum suorum omnium per circuitum:

Hebrew

English

The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

Gideon's ephod (Judges 8:27) quickly became part of a pagan shrine honoring images of the Canaanite god Baal, here called Baal-berith ("Baal of the covenant"). This sinful act involved forgetting the Lord and his works and being disloyal to godly leadership. Remembering is essential to biblical, covenantal worship, from the time of the exodus (Exodus 12:14, 24) to the ongoing Christian celebration of the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:25).
kindness: See study note on Judges 1:24.

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 78:42
They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
Psalm 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Psalm 78:11
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Psalm 106:18
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
Judges 3:7
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes