9 but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.
10 “He found them wandering through the desert,a desolate, windswept wilderness.He protected them and cared for them,as he would protect himself.
11 Like an eagle teaching its young to fly,catching them safely on its spreading wings,the Lord kept Israel from falling.
12 The Lord alone led his peoplewithout the help of a foreign god.
13 “He let them rule the highlands,and they ate what grew in the fields.They found wild honey among the rocks;their olive trees flourished in stony ground.
14 Their cows and goats gave plenty of milk;they had the best sheep, goats, and cattle,the finest wheat, and the choicest wine.
15 “The Lord's people grew rich, but rebellious;they were fat and stuffed with food.They abandoned God their Creatorand rejected their mighty saviour.