7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;I answered out of the thundercloudand tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.Interlude
8 “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
9 You must never have a foreign god;you must not bow down before a false god.
10 For it was I, the lord your God,who rescued you from the land of Egypt.Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
11 “But no, my people wouldn’t listen.Israel did not want me around.
12 So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,living according to their own ideas.
13 Oh, that my people would listen to me!Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!