13. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They didn’t follow my regulations and rejected my case laws, which bring life to all who observe them. They completely degraded my sabbaths. So I declared that I would pour out my anger against them and destroy them in the desert.
14. But instead, I acted for the sake of my name so that it wouldn’t be degraded in the sight of the nations who saw me lead them out of Egypt.
15. So in the desert I swore another solemn pledge, that I wouldn’t bring them to the land that I had given to them, a land full of milk and honey, a land more splendid than any other,
16. because they rejected my case laws, didn’t follow my regulations, and degraded my sabbaths. They had their hearts set on their idols.
17. But I had too much compassion to destroy them, so I didn’t put an end to them in the desert.
18. In the desert, I said to their children, Don’t follow your parents’ regulations or observe their case laws or become defiled by their idols.
19. I am the Lord your God! Follow my regulations! Observe my case laws and do them!