17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and ^happointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.¹ But you are a God ready to forgive, ⁱgracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

39 ^uOur fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,