28 Hear these words, O Israel.
29 Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, and they were delivered from thence,
30 and received the law of life, which they kept not, which you⌃ also have transgressed after them.
31 Then was the land, even the land of Sion, given you for a possession: but you⌃ yourselves, and your fathers, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Most High commanded you.
32 And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you for a while the thing that he had given you.
33 And now you⌃ are here, and your brethren are among you.
34 Therefore if so be that you⌃ will rule over your own understanding, and instruct your hearts, you⌃ shall be kept alive, and after death you⌃ shall obtain mercy.