Magic Tree House is a popular children's book series written by American author Mary Pope Osborne. The series revolves around the main characters, Jack and Annie, who discover a magical tree house filled with books. Each book in the series takes the children on a different adventure through time and space. Magic Tree House #7, titled "Sunset of the Sabertooth," follows Jack and Annie as they travel back in time to the Ice Age. In this book, the tree house takes the siblings to a frozen land where they encounter various creatures from the past, including woolly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers. As they explore this icy world, Jack and Annie must find a way to survive and complete their mission.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord , He has also rejected you from being king.”
Disobedience was so rampant in the past that a psalmist cried out that rivers of tears gushed from his eyes because people disobeyed the Lord s instructions Psalm 119 136. Leviticus 20 6,27 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
As they explore this icy world, Jack and Annie must find a way to survive and complete their mission. The main plot of the story involves the siblings meeting a friendly teenage cave boy named Wolfsnap. Together, they embark on a quest to find a special item that will help them in their journey.
Disobedience is witchxraft
New International Version
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.”
New Living Translation
Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.”
English Standard Version
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.”
Berean Standard Bible
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
King James Bible
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
New King James Version
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.”
New American Standard Bible
“For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as reprehensible as false religion and idolatry. Since you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.”
NASB 1995
“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.”
NASB 1977
“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.”
Legacy Standard Bible
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, He has also rejected you from being king.”
Amplified Bible
“For rebellion is as [serious as] the sin of divination (fortune-telling), And disobedience is as [serious as] false religion and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you as king.”
Christian Standard Bible
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.
American Standard Version
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because rebellion is the sin of divination, and divination is severe evil; because you despised the Word of LORD JEHOVAH, he shall reject you from the Kingdom!”
Brenton Septuagint Translation
For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Rebelling against God or disobeying him because you are proud is just as bad as worshiping idols or asking them for advice. You refused to do what God told you, so God has decided that you can no longer be king."
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.
English Revised Version
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sin of black magic is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. Because you rejected the word of the LORD, he rejects you as king."
Good News Translation
Rebellion against him is as bad as witchcraft, and arrogance is as sinful as idolatry. Because you rejected the LORD's command, he has rejected you as king."
International Standard Version
Indeed, rebellion is the sin of divination, and arrogance is iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected this message from the LORD, he has rejected you from being king."
JPS Tanakh 1917
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.'
Literal Standard Version
for rebellion [is as] a sin of divination, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and teraphim; because you have rejected the word of YHWH, He also rejects you from [being] king.”
Majority Standard Bible
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
New American Bible
For a sin of divination is rebellion, and arrogance, the crime of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, the LORD in turn has rejected you as king.”
NET Bible
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king."
New Revised Standard Version
For rebellion is no less a sin than divination, and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.”
New Heart English Bible
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king."
Webster's Bible Translation
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
World English Bible
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
Young's Literal Translation
for a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.'
Samuel Denounces Saul
… 22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.'
Genesis 31:19
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household idols.
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken Laban's household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
Deuteronomy 18:10
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD."
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself."
1 Samuel 28:3
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.
1 Samuel 12:14,15 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: …
Numbers 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Deuteronomy 9:7,24 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD…
witchcraft [heb] divination
Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Leviticus 20:6,27 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people…
Deuteronomy 18:10,11 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, …
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
thou hast rejected
1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.
Along the way, they face different challenges and learn important lessons about bravery, teamwork, and the value of friendship. Like other books in the series, "Sunset of the Sabertooth" seamlessly combines fiction with non-fiction elements. Young readers can learn about prehistoric animals, the Ice Age, and survival skills while enjoying the exciting and imaginative storyline. Mary Pope Osborne's writing style engages readers with descriptive language and fast-paced adventure. Magic Tree House #7 is not only entertaining but also educational, making it a favorite among children and educators alike. It encourages curiosity and a love for reading while introducing historical and scientific concepts in an accessible way. In conclusion, "Sunset of the Sabertooth" is an exciting addition to the Magic Tree House series. It takes readers on a thrilling journey to the Ice Age and teaches valuable lessons along the way. This book, like others in the series, has captivated the hearts of young readers and continues to inspire a love for reading and learning..
Reviews for "Beyond the Pages: The Magic Treehouse's Impact on Children's Media and Entertainment"
1. Jennifer - 2 stars
I was really disappointed with "Magic Treehouse 7". I had heard great things about the series and was excited to dive into this book. However, I found the plot to be lacking depth and the characters to be one-dimensional. The writing felt rushed and the story was predictable. I also found the overall message to be quite simplistic and didn't feel like it offered anything new or thought-provoking. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book if you're looking for a captivating and well-developed story.
2. Chris - 1 star
I don't understand the hype around "Magic Treehouse 7". I found it to be incredibly boring and slow-paced. The plot dragged on and there wasn't enough action or suspense to keep me engaged. The characters were also very shallow and lacked any real depth. I found myself constantly checking how much longer I had to endure the book, and when I finally finished it, I was left wondering what the point of it all was. I definitely won't be picking up another book from this series.
3. Sarah - 2 stars
I was really let down by "Magic Treehouse 7". The storyline felt disjointed and confusing, and I found it hard to follow along. The writing also didn't captivate me and I often found my mind wandering while reading. Additionally, the characters felt underdeveloped and I didn't form a connection with any of them. While I can see how this series may appeal to younger readers, it just didn't do it for me. I was hoping for a more engaging and well-crafted story, but unfortunately, this book fell short of my expectations.
4. Michael - 2 stars
I wasn't impressed with "Magic Treehouse 7" at all. The plot felt repetitive and lacked originality. It felt like I was reading the same story over and over again with just minor changes. The dialogue was also quite bland and the characters didn't have distinct voices. I didn't feel invested in their journey and found it hard to care about what happened to them. Overall, I think this book could have been much better if it had offered something fresh and exciting, but unfortunately, it fell flat for me.