28. And He let [the birds] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents.
29. So they ate and were well filled; He gave them what they craved and lusted after.
30. But scarce had they stilled their craving, and while their meat was yet in their mouths, [Num. 11:33.]
31. The wrath of God came upon them and slew the strongest and sturdiest of them and smote down Israel's chosen youth.
32. In spite of all this, they sinned still more, for they believed not in (relied not on and adhered not to Him for) His wondrous works.
33. Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror and sudden haste.
34. When He slew [some of] them, [the remainder] inquired after Him diligently, and they repented and sincerely sought God [for a time].
35. And they [earnestly] remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer.
36. Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues.
37. For their hearts were not right or sincere with Him, neither were they faithful and steadfast to His covenant. [Acts 8:21.]
38. But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.
39. For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.
40. How often they defied and rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
41. And time and again they turned back and tempted God, provoking and incensing the Holy One of Israel.
42. They remembered not [seriously the miracles of the working of] His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy,