⁸ “‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me;^(A) they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.^(B) So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.^{(C) 9} But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.^(D) I did it to keep my name from being profaned^(E) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites. ¹⁰ Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.^{(F) 11} I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.^{(G) 12} Also I gave them my Sabbaths^(H) as a sign^(I) between us,^(J) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.^(K)

¹³ “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(L) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(M)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(N) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(O) on them and destroy^(P) them in the wilderness.^(Q)

Rebellious Israel Renewed

³⁰ “Therefore say to the Israelites: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves^(A) the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images?^{(B) 31} When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children^(C) in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.^(D)

³² “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. ³³ As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm^(E) and with outpoured wrath.^{(F) 34} I will bring you from the nations^(G) and gather^(H) you from the countries where you have been scattered—with a mighty hand^(I) and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.^{(J) 35} I will bring you into the wilderness^(K) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment^(L) upon you. ³⁶ As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(M)