Psalms 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
BSB
ASV
They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
KJV
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
They forgat God their saviour. Remembering the calf involved forgetting God. He had commanded them to make no image, and in daring to disobey they forgot his commands. Moreover, it is clear that they must altogether have forgotten the nature and character of Jehovah, or they could never have likened him to a grass eating animal. Some men hope to keep their sins and their God too—the fact being that he who sins is already so far departed from the Lord that he has actually forgotten him. Which had done great things in Egypt.
The idolatry was more sinful in view of their recent experience of God's power in Egypt and His wonders at Sinai (Ex 32:1-6). Though intending to worship Jehovah under the symbol of the calf, yet as this was incompatible with His nature (De 4:15-17), they in reality gave up Him, and so were given up by Him.
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Psalms 106:13Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
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They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
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Jeremiah 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
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This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.