11. But the waters covered over their foes—not one of them survived!
12. So our ancestors trusted God’s words;they sang God’s praise.
13. But how quickly they forgot what he had done!They wouldn’t wait for his advice.
14. They were overcome with craving in the desert;they tested God in the wastelands.
15. God gave them what they asked for;he sent food to satisfy their appetites.
16. But then they were jealous of Moses in the camp,jealous too of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.
17. So the earth opened up, swallowing Dathan,and covering over Abiram’s crowd.
18. Fire blazed throughout that whole group;flames burned up the wicked.
19. They made a calf at Horeb,bowing down to a metal idol.
20. They traded their glorious Godfor an image of a bull that eats grass.
21. They forgot the God who saved them—the one who had done great things in Egypt,