15 “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
16 They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
17 They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
18 You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you,
and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
As Moses reaches the point of his death he writes one more poem/song for Israel. God has instructed him that he will soon die. He will see the promise land from the mountain he will die upon, but he will not enter the promise land. He won’t enter in because of his sin of not trusting God surrounding the story of God supplying water to the nation of Israel in the desert. He was told by God to speak to the rock, but Moses struck the rock with his staff. That one difference would keep him from touching one foot on the promise land. The irony is found in the above verses. They are a portion of the song he wrote about Israel. It tells us that the nation of Israel sinned and turned their back on their God. That is why they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. God would keep them out of the promise land, as well. Only their children would enter. God does not tolerate disobedience, of any kind. The nation had turned their back on Him. They turned to idols, that were not gods, at all. They worshiped the creature and not the Creator. This would bring about God’s discipline. As with the author of the poem. God disciplines leaders and followers for disobedience. A new nation will enter the promise land and they, too, will sin against God and do these same things. God will discipline them and put them into captivity. Disobedience is always meet with discipline.
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