Why did you make us turn away from you, our LORD? Why did you make us want to disobey you? Please change your mind! We are your servants, your very own people.
My people, you love to wander away; you don't even try to stay close to me. So now I will reject you and punish you for your sins. I, the LORD, have spoken.
but he was so angry with the others that he forced them to wander around in the desert forty years. By that time everyone who had sinned against him had died.