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 covenantand 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 ancestorsin 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 dayand with light from the fire all night.
15. He split the rocks in the wildernessand gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16. he brought streams out of a rocky cragand made water flow down like rivers.
17. But they continued to sin against him,rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18. They wilfully put God to the testby demanding the food they craved.
19. They spoke against God;they said, ‘Can God reallyspread a table in the wilderness?