The Bronze Snake

Then they set out from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom, but the people became impatient because of the journey.

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The Bronze Snake

They traveled from Mount Hor(A) along the route to the Red Sea,[a](B) to go around Edom.(C) But the people grew impatient on the way;(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

16 Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:16 Lit him and he became short to death

16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?(A)
Are these the things he does?”
Don’t my words bring good(B)
to the one who walks uprightly?(C)

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You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(A)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

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In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them

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