3. things we have heard and knownand that our fathers have passed down to us.
4. We must not hide them from their children,but must tell a future generationthe praises of the Lord,His might, and the wonderful worksHe has performed.
5. He established a testimony in Jacoband set up a law in Israel,which He commanded our fathersto teach to their children
6. so that a future generation —children yet to be born — might know.They were to rise and tell their children
7. so that they might put their confidence in Godand not forget God’s works,but keep His commands.
8. Then they would not be like their fathers,a stubborn and rebellious generation,a generation whose heart was not loyaland whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9. The Ephraimite archers turned backon the day of battle.
10. They did not keep God’s covenantand refused to live by His law.
11. They forgot what He had done,the wonderful works He had shown them.
12. He worked wonders in the sight of their fathersin the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.