⁴ Through your own fault you will lose
    the inheritance^(A) I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies^(B)
    in a land^(C) you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
    and it will burn^(D) forever.”

²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(B)
    and the dead bodies^(C) are like refuse^(D) in the streets.^(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(F)
    his hand is still upraised.^(G)

²¹ Do I not hate those^(A) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(B) those who are in rebellion against you?

³² By the waters of Meribah^(A) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
³³ for they rebelled^(B) against the Spirit^(C) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.^[a](D)

²⁵ They grumbled^(A) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.

⁵⁹ When God heard^(A) them, he was furious;^(B)
    he rejected Israel^(C) completely.