And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe.
because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,
“At Taberah also, and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath. And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
“How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.
shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.
And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.
And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”
And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
For thus says the Lord of hosts: “As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts,
I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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