26 But you were not willing to go up, and you rebelled against the command of Yahweh your God.
27 And you grumbled in your tents, and you said, ‘Because of the hatred of Yahweh toward us he has brought us out from the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
28 Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we are, and there are great fortified cities reaching up to heaven, and we saw the sons of the Anakites living there.” ’
29 “And so I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.
30 Yahweh your God, who is going before you, will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31 and just as he did in the wilderness when you saw that Yahweh your God carried you, just as someone carries his son, all along the way that you traveled until you reached this place.’
32 But through all of this you did not trust in Yahweh your God,