42. So Yahweh said to me, ‘Say to them, “You shall not go up, and you shall not fight because I am not in your midst; you will be defeated before your enemies.” ’
43. So I spoke to you, but you did not listen; you rebelled against the command of Yahweh; you behaved presumptuously, and you went up into the hill country.
44. The Amorites living in the hill country went out to oppose you and chased you as a swarm of wild honey bees do; and so they beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
45. So you returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh did not listen to your voice and did not pay any attention to you.
46. You stayed in Kadesh many days; such were the days that you stayed there.