Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink? this evil Numbers 16:14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come. Deuteronomy 8:15 And was thy leader in the great and terrible wilderness, wherein there was the serpent burning with his breath, and the scorpion and the dipsas, and no waters at all: who brought forth streams out of the hardest rock, Nehemiah 9:21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn. Jeremiah 2:2,6 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown. . . . Ezekiel 20:36 As I pleaded against your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt; even so will I judge you, saith the Lord God. no place of. Context Water from the Rock…4Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die? 5Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?6And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said. O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.… Cross References Numbers 16:14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come. Numbers 20:24 Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people: for he shall not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because he was incredulous to my words, at the waters of contradiction. Lexicon Whyוְלָמָ֤ה (wə·lā·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you led us up הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ (he·‘ĕ·lî·ṯu·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively out of Egypt מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם (mim·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa to bring לְהָבִ֣יא (lə·hā·ḇî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go us to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that wretched הָרָ֖ע (hā·rā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil place? הַמָּק֥וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition It is not לֹ֣א ׀ (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no a place מְק֣וֹם (mə·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition of grain, זֶ֗רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity figs, וּתְאֵנָ֤ה (ū·ṯə·’ê·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig vines, וְגֶ֙פֶן֙ (wə·ḡe·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 1612: A vine, the grape and pomegranates, וְרִמּ֔וֹן (wə·rim·mō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7416: A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit and there is no אַ֖יִן (’a·yin) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle water וּמַ֥יִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen to drink!” לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (liš·tō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe Additional Translations Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”And why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And wherefore is this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink. And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink." and why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place? no place of seed, and fig, and vine, and pomegranate; and water there is none to drink. 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