generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal,
whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
078:009 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
078:010 They didn't keep God's covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
078:011 They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.
078:012 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers,
in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
078:013 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through.
He made the waters stand as a heap.
078:014 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night
with a light of fire.
078:015 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly
as out of the depths.
078:016 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters
to run down like rivers.
078:017 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against
the Most High in the desert.
078:018 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according
to their desire.
078:019 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare
a table in the wilderness?
078:020 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out,
and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also?
Will he provide flesh for his people?"
078:021 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled
against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
078:022 because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust
in his salvation.
078:023 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
078:024 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food
from the sky.
078:025 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
078:026 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power
he guided the south wind.
078:027 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds
as the sand of the seas.
078:028 He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
around their habitations.
078:029 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
078:030 They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet
in their mouths,
078:031 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of
the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.
078:032 For all this they still sinned, and didn't believe in
his wondrous works.
078:033 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their
years in terror.
078:034 When he killed them, then they inquired after him.
They returned and sought God earnestly.
078:035 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God,
their redeemer.
078:036 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him
with their tongue.
078:037 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they
faithful in his covenant.
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