9. Surely the Lord’s property was his people;Jacob was his part of the inheritance.
10. God found Israel in a wild land—in a howling desert wasteland—he protected him, cared for him,watched over him with his very own eye.
11. Like an eagle protecting its nest,hovering over its young,God spread out his wings, took hold of Israel,carried him on his back.
12. The Lord alone led Israel;no foreign god assisted.
13. God made Israel glide over the highlands;he fed him with food from the field,nursed him with honey from a boulder,with oil from a hard rock:
14. curds from the herd, milk from the flock,along with the best of lambs,rams from Bashan, he-goats too,along with the finest wheat—and for drink, wine from the juiciest grapes!
15. Jacob ate until he was stuffed;Jeshurun got fat, then rebellious.It was you who got fat, thick, stubborn!Jeshurun gave up on the God who made him,thought the rock of his salvation was worthless.
16. They made God jealous with strange gods,aggravated him with detestable things.
17. They sacrificed to demons, not to God,to deities of which they had no knowledge—new gods only recently on the scene,ones about which your ancestors had never heard.
18. You deserted the rock that sired you;you forgot the God who gave birth to you!
19. The Lord saw this and rejectedout of aggravation his sons and his daughters.