8. They would not be like their ancestorswho were stubborn and disobedient.Their hearts were not loyal to God.They were not true to him.
9. The men of Ephraim had bows for weapons.But they ran away on the day of battle.
10. They didn’t keep their agreement with God.They refused to live by his teachings.
11. They forgot what he had doneand the miracles he had shown them.
12. He did miracles while their ancestors watched,in the fields of Zoan in Egypt.
13. He divided the Red Sea and led them through.He made the water stand up like a wall.
14. He led them with a cloud by day.And he led them at night by the light of a fire.
15. He split the rocks in the desert.And he gave them much water, as if it were from the deep ocean.
16. He brought streams out of the rock.The water flowed down like rivers.
17. But the people continued to sin against him.In the desert they turned against God Most High.