⁵ Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.^(A) And there is no water to drink!^(B)”

¹⁴ Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey^(A) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.^(B) Do you want to treat these men like slaves^[a]?^(C) No, we will not come!^(D)”

³⁶ As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(A)

² “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

¹⁵ He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,^(A) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes^(B) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.^(C)