⁷ Was it not I who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage? But they have angered me and despised my counsels. ⁸ Pull out the hair of your head and hurl all evils upon them, for they have not obeyed my law—they are a rebellious people. ⁹ How long shall I endure them, on whom I have bestowed such great benefits? ¹⁰ For their sake I have overthrown many kings: I struck down Pharaoh with his servants, and all his army. ¹¹ I have destroyed all nations before them, and scattered in the east the people of two provinces, Tyre and Sidon; I have slain all their enemies.

God’s Mercies to Israel

¹² “But speak to them and say, Thus says the Lord: ¹³ Surely it was I who brought you through the sea, and made safe highways for you where there was no road; I gave you Moses as leader and Aaron as priest; ¹⁴ I provided light for you from a pillar of fire, and did great wonders among you. Yet you have forgotten me, says the Lord.

²² Thus says the Lord Almighty: When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, thirsty and blaspheming my name, ²³ I did not send fire upon you for your blasphemies, but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.