39. Moses spoke these words to all the Israelites, and the people mourned bitterly.
40. They rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain range, saying, "Let’s go up to the place the Lord told us to, for we have sinned."
41. But Moses said, "Why do you disobey the Lord’s command? It won’t succeed.
42. Don’t go up, for the Lord isn’t with you. Don’t be struck down before your enemies.
43. The Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you and you will fall by the sword because you turned away from the Lord, and the Lord is no longer with you."