As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable Elohim who is never unjust, he is fair and upright (Devarim 32:4). But Yeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the Elohim who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt. They made him jealous with other elohim, they enraged him with abhorrent idols. They sacrificed to demons, not Elohim, to elohim they had not known; to new ones who had recently come along, ones your ancestors had not known about. You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the Elohim who gave you birth (Devarim 32:15-18). Elohim is here portrayed as a Rock. This metaphor is used to illustrate the faithfulness and unswerving nature of the Almighty.
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