And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die?

Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

Why have you led away the Church of the Lord, into the wilderness, so that both we and our cattle would die?

Et quare venire fecistis congregationem Jehovae in desertum istud: ut moriamur hic nos et jumenta nostra.

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness,.... The wilderness of Zin, whither by various marches and journeys, and through different stations, they were at length come:
that we and our cattle should die there? with thirst; they seem to represent it, as if this was the end, design, and intention of Moses and Aaron in bringing them thither; their language is much the same with their fathers on a like occasion; which shows the bad influence of example, and how careful parents should be of their words and actions, that their posterity be not harmed by them; see Exodus 17:3.