They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
Psalm 106:34 records that Israel disobeyed the Lord's command by failing to destroy the nations in Canaan. The conquest was left incomplete because the people chose ease and self-indulgence. By disregarding God's directions, Israel exposed itself to heathen influence and temptation.
Instead of destroying them, Israel mingled with those nations, learned their practices, and served their idols, which became a snare. The remaining idolatrous nations became a continuing affliction, and living among them led Israel to adopt their practices, intermarry with them, and spread idolatry through the land. This disobedience brought lasting spiritual, physical, and moral harm and ultimately left Israel subject to the nations it could have subdued. This course brought God's anger upon Israel and led to its oppression by its enemies.
The failure led Israel to adopt heathen practices and reject God's ways, which began the nation's downfall and ultimately left the Jewish people prey to the nations whose practices they had chosen to follow. Israel's disobedience and joining with idolaters led to the loss of God's special presence and protection. The verse belongs to the recorded experience and history of Israel that gives God's people warning and lessons to study. The account containing the verse holds a warning lesson for God's people in the last days. The history to which the verse belongs serves as a warning example for God's people today against longing for evil and turning to idolatry.
Psalm 106:34 records that Israel disobeyed the Lord's command by failing to destroy the nations in Canaan. The conquest was left incomplete because the people chose ease and self-indulgence. By disregarding God's directions, Israel exposed itself to heathen influence and temptation.
Instead of destroying them, Israel mingled with those nations, learned their practices, and served their idols, which became a snare. The remaining idolatrous nations became a continuing affliction, and living among them led Israel to adopt their practices, intermarry with them, and spread idolatry through the land. This disobedience brought lasting spiritual, physical, and moral harm and ultimately left Israel subject to the nations it could have subdued. This course brought God's anger upon Israel and led to its oppression by its enemies.
The failure led Israel to adopt heathen practices and reject God's ways, which began the nation's downfall and ultimately left the Jewish people prey to the nations whose practices they had chosen to follow. Israel's disobedience and joining with idolaters led to the loss of God's special presence and protection. The verse belongs to the recorded experience and history of Israel that gives God's people warning and lessons to study. The account containing the verse holds a warning lesson for God's people in the last days. The history to which the verse belongs serves as a warning example for God's people today against longing for evil and turning to idolatry.