53. And he led them out in hope, and they did not fear. And the sea covered their enemies.
54. And he led them to the mountain of his sanctification: the mountain that his right hand had acquired. And he cast out the Gentiles before their face. And he divided their land by lot to them, with a line of distribution.
55. And he caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
56. Yet they tempted and aggravated God Most High, and they did not keep his testaments.
57. And they turned themselves aside, and they did not serve the covenant. In the same manner as their fathers, they were turned backwards, like a crooked bow.
58. They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry with their graven images.
59. God listened, and he spurned them, and he reduced Israel greatly, almost to nothing.