Verse 13
The Israelites had forgotten the type of person Yahweh-their Maker, the Creator-was, or they would not have been afraid.
". . . to live in fear of humans is to have effectively forgotten God. . . . It is easy to say certain theologically correct things, such as that he is both the world’s and our maker, that he is the one who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth, while giving the lie to those fine words by our continually living as though he can do nothing to prevent humans from doing ultimate harm to us [cf. Romans 8:39]. . . . Yes, oppressors may hurt us, even kill us, but they do not have the power to make us fear them or hate them." [Note: Oswalt, The Book . . . 40-66, p. 346.]
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