¹⁸ I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(A) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(B) with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the Lord your God;^(C) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^{(D) 20} Keep my Sabbaths^(E) holy, that they may be a sign^(F) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.^(G)”

³ Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return^(A) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’^(B) says the Lord Almighty. ⁴ Do not be like your ancestors,^(C) to whom the earlier prophets^(D) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways^(E) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,^(F) declares the Lord.^{(G) 5} Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? ⁶ But did not my words^(H) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?^(I)

“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,^(J) just as he determined to do.’”^(K)