Psalms 106:36

"but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that the Israelites assimilated with foreign cultures, adopting their practices and rituals, which led to a departure from God's laws and traditions. Such mixing often results in spiritual pollution and a loss of distinct identity as a holy people set apart by God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And they served their idols -Judges 2:12-13,Judges 2:17,Judges 2:19;Judges 3:6-7. Which were a snare unto them -Like the snares or toils by which birds and wild beasts are caught. That is, they were taken unawares; they were in danger when they did not perceive it; they fell when they thought themselves safe. The bird and the wild beast approach the snare, unconscious of danger; so the friend of God approaches the temptations which are spread out before him by the enemy of souls - and, ere he is aware, he is a captive, and has fallen.

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