The Lord was sorry that he had made people on the earth. It made the Lord very sad in his heart.
Psalm 95:10 - Easy To Read Version I was patient with those people\par for 40 years.\par And I know that they are not faithful.\par Those people refused to follow my teachings.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Forty years long was I grieved and disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, or regard My ways. American Standard Version (1901) Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: Common English Bible For forty years I despised that generation; I said, ‘These people have twisted hearts. They don’t know my ways.’ Catholic Public Domain Version Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice. |
The Lord was sorry that he had made people on the earth. It made the Lord very sad in his heart.
But evil people say to God,\par ‘Leave us alone!\par We don’t care what you want us to do!’\par
The first thing a person must learn is to respect and obey the Lord—that leads to true wisdom. But evil people hate discipline and true wisdom.
Lord, why are you pushing us\par away from you?\par Why are you making it hard\par for us to follow you?\par Come back to us Lord!\par We are your servants.\par Come to us and help us!\par Our families belong to you.\par
This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “The people of Judah really love to leave me. Those people don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now, the Lord will not accept them. Now the Lord will remember the bad things they do. The Lord will punish them for their sins.”
One bad thing followed another.\par And lies followed lies.\par The people refused to know me.”\par The Lord said those things.\par
“The Lord was very angry against the people of Israel. So the Lord made the people stay in the desert for 40 years. The Lord made them stay there until all the people who had sinned against the Lord were dead.
So Moses led the people out. He did powerful things and miracles. {\cf2\super [138]} Moses did these things in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and then in the desert for 40 years.
People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.
But it was 40 years from the time the people of Israel left Egypt until the time they came to this place. On the first day of the eleventh month of the 40th year, Moses spoke to the people. Moses told them all the things the Lord commanded.