8. They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
9. The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;
10. they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.
11. They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.
12. He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13. He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.
14. He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.
15. He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16. he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
17. But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18. They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
19. They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
20. True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?”
21. When the Lord heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,