18 Even when they (A)made for themselves
A calf of cast metal
And said, ‘This is your [a]god
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great blasphemies,
19 (B)You, in Your great compassion,
Did not abandon them in the wilderness;
(C)The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,
To guide them on their way,
Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:18 Or God; i.e., an idol intended to represent God

18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf(A) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.(B)

19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(C) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(D) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.

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