But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn like their ancestors. [207] Their ancestors did not believe the Lord their God.
Exodus 33:3 - Easy To Read Version So go to the land filled with many good things. [331] But I will not go with you. You people are very stubborn, {and you make me very angry}. If I go with you, I might destroy you along the way.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way. American Standard Version (1901) unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way. Common English Bible Go to this land full of milk and honey. But I won’t go up with you because I would end up destroying you along the way since you are a stubborn people.” Catholic Public Domain Version and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up with you, since you are a stiff-necked people, lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thou mayst enter into the land that floweth with milk and honey. For I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I destroy thee in the way. |
But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn like their ancestors. [207] Their ancestors did not believe the Lord their God.
If the people teach their God’s commands\par to their children,\par then the children will not be like\par their ancestors. {\cf2\super [444]} \par Their ancestors turned against God.\par They refused to obey him.\par Those people were stubborn.\par They were not loyal to God’s Spirit.\par
The Lord made a special promise to your ancestors. [81] The Lord promised to give you the land of the Canaanite people, the Hittite people, the Amorite people, the Hivite people, and the Jebusite people. After the Lord leads you to the land filled with many good things, [82] then you must remember this day. You must have a special day of worship on this day during the first month of every year.
Obey the angel and follow him. Don’t rebel against him. The angel will not forgive the wrong things you do to him. He has my power in him.
And I have decided that I will take you from the troubles you are suffering in Egypt. I will lead you to the land that now belongs to many different people: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I will lead you to a land filled with many good things. [25] ’
Now I will go down and save my people from the Egyptians. I will take them from that land. And I will lead them to a good land where they can be free from troubles. [17] It is a land filled with many good things. [18] Many different people live in that land: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
So the Lord felt sorry {for the people}. The Lord did not do the thing that he said he might do—he did not destroy the people.
Why? Because the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘You are a stubborn people. I might destroy you even if I travel with you only a short time. So take off all your jewelry while I decide [332] what to do with you.’”
“Lord, if you are pleased with me, then please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people. But forgive us for the bad things we did! Accept us as your people.”
I did that because I knew\par you were stubborn.\par \{You refused to believe anything I said\}.\par You were very stubborn—\par like iron \{that does not bend\}\par and as hard as bronze.\par
“I did this to keep the promise that I had made to your ancestors. {\cf2\super [89]} I promised to give them a very fertile land—a land flowing with milk and honey. And you are living in that country today.”
On that day, I promised to take you out of Egypt and lead you to the land I was giving to you. That was a good land filled with many good things. {\cf2\super [141]} It was the most beautiful of all countries!
“I have told you that you will get their land. I will give their land to you. It will be your land! It is a land filled with many good things. [365] I am the Lord your God!
God saw the things the people did. God saw that the people stopped doing evil things. So God changed and did not do what he planned. God did not punish the people.
Jonah went to the center of the city and began preaching to the people. Jonah said, “After 40 days, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
The men told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is a land filled with many good things [176] ! Here is some of the fruit that grows there.
I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. And your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.”
It is a land filled with many good things. [181] And if the Lord is pleased with us, then he will lead us into that land. And the Lord will give that land to us!
You have brought us out of a land filled with many good things. [202] You brought us to the desert to kill us. And now you want to show that you have even more power over us.
“Move away from those people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.
\{Then Stephen said,\} “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You have not given your hearts to God! You won’t listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [147]} is trying to tell you. Your ancestors did this, and you are just like them!
Why? Because the Lord your God hates for his people to worship other gods. And the Lord can be like a fire that destroys!
“The Lord God of Israel promised that your father’s family would serve him forever. But now the Lord says this, ‘That will never be! I will honor people who honor me. But bad things will happen to people who refuse to respect me.