6. ‘I removed the burden from their shoulders;their hands were set free from the basket.
7. In your distress you called and I rescued you,I answered you out of a thundercloud;I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8. Hear me, my people, and I will warn you –if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9. You shall have no foreign god among you;you shall not worship any god other than me.
10. I am the Lord your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11. ‘But my people would not listen to me;Israel would not submit to me.
12. So I gave them over to their stubborn heartsto follow their own devices.
13. ‘If my people would only listen to me,if Israel would only follow my ways,