42 “But the Lord said to me, ‘Warn them not to attack, for I will not be with them, and their enemies will defeat them.’
43 I told you what the Lord had said, but you paid no attention. You rebelled against him, and in your pride you marched into the hill country.
44 Then the Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased you as far as Hormah and defeated you there in the hill country of Edom.
45 So you cried out to the Lord for help, but he would not listen to you or pay any attention to you.
46 “So then, after we had stayed at Kadesh for a long time,