17 Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;
18 And they tempted ·God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
19 And they spoke against God they said, Is ·God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; and fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel:
22 Because they believed not in God and confided not in his salvation;
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,