The LORDsaidto Moses,"Howlongwill thispeoplespurnMe? And howlongwill they not believein Me, despite allthe signswhichI have performedin their midst?
Then they despisedthe pleasantland;They did not believein His word,
Becausethey did not believein GodAnd did not trustin His salvation.
In spite of allthisthey stillsinnedAnd did not believein His wonderfulworks.
Do not hardenyour hearts,as at Meribah,As in the dayof Massahin the wilderness,
Mosesand Aaronwentto Pharaohand saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof the Hebrews,'Howlongwill you refuseto humbleyourself beforeMe? LetMy peoplego,that they may serveMe.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Howlongdo you refuseto keepMy commandmentsand My instructions?
"Be on your guardbeforehim and obeyhis voice;do not be rebellioustoward him, for he will not pardonyour transgression,sinceMy nameis in him.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"I have seenthispeople,and behold,they are an obstinatepeople.
"Howlong,O naiveones,will you lovebeing simple-minded?And scoffersdelightthemselves in scoffingAnd foolshateknowledge?
Thiswickedpeople,whorefuseto listento My words,who walkin the stubbornnessof their heartsand have goneafterothergodsto servethem and to bowdownto them, let them be just like thiswaistbandwhichis totallyworthless.
Washyour heartfrom evil,O Jerusalem,That you may be saved.Howlongwill your wickedthoughtsLodgewithinyou?
"But the houseof Israelrebelledagainst Me in the wilderness.They did not walkin My statutesand they rejectedMy ordinances,by which,if a manobservesthem, he will live;and My sabbathsthey greatlyprofaned.Then I resolvedto pourout My wrathon them in the wilderness,to annihilatethem.
He has rejectedyour calf,O Samaria,[saying], "My angerburnsagainst them!" Howlongwill they be incapableof innocence?
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Justas I purposedto doharmto you when your fathersprovokedMe to wrath,'saysthe LORDof hosts,and I have not relented,
shall by nomeansseethe landwhichI sworeto their fathers,norshall anyof those who spurnedMe seeit.
"Howlong[shall I bear] with thisevilcongregationwhoare grumblingagainstMe? I have heardthe complaintsof the sonsof Israel,whichthey are makingagainstMe.
"So the LORD'Sangerburnedin that day,and He swore,saying,
And Jesusansweredand said,"You unbelievingand pervertedgeneration,howlongshall I be with you? How longshall I putup with you? Bringhim hereto Me."
And He answeredthem and said,"Ounbelievinggeneration,howlongshall I be with you? How longshall I putup with you? Bringhim to Me!"
but ifI dothem, thoughyou do not believeMe, believethe works,sothat you may knowand understandthat the Fatheris in Me, and I in the Father."
But though He had performedso manysignsbeforethem, [yet] they were not believingin Him.
"IfI had not doneamongthem the workswhichno oneelsedid,they would not havesin;but nowthey have bothseenand hatedMe and My Fatheras well.
"But for all this,you did not trustthe LORDyour God,
For whoprovoked[Him] when they had heard?Indeed,did not allthosewhocameout of Egypt[led] by Moses?
And to whomdid He swearthat they would not enterHis rest,but to thosewhowere disobedient?
DO NOT HARDENYOUR HEARTSAS WHENTHEY PROVOKEDME, AS IN THE DAYOF TRIALIN THE WILDERNESS,
