12. Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul.
13. The Lord wants you to obey his commands and laws that I’m giving you today for your own good.
14. Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God.
15. The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world.
16. So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer.