¹³ “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(A) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(B)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(C) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(D) on them and destroy^(E) them in the wilderness.^{(F) 14} But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned^(G) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.^{(H) 15} Also with uplifted hand I swore^(I) to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands^(J)— ¹⁶ because they rejected my laws^(K) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts^(L) were devoted to their idols.^{(M) 17} Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy^(N) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. ¹⁸ I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(O) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(P) with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the Lord your God;^(Q) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^{(R) 20} Keep my Sabbaths^(S) holy, that they may be a sign^(T) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.^(U)”