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Then their family would trust in God.
    They would not forget what God had done.
    They would obey his commands.
So they would not be like their ancestors,
    who turned against God.
Those people refused to obey God,
    and they did not trust him to be their guide.

The soldiers of Ephraim had bows and arrows,
    but they ran away when the battle started![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 78:9 God gave his people everything that they needed, but they still did not trust him. Ephraim was one of Israel's 12 tribes.