4. this is a decree for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5. When God went out against Egypt,he established it as a statute for Joseph.I heard an unknown voice say:
6. ‘I removed the burden from their shoulders;their hands were set free from the basket.
7. In your distress you called and I rescued you,I answered you out of a thundercloud;I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8. Hear me, my people, and I will warn you –if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9. You shall have no foreign god among you;you shall not worship any god other than me.
10. I am the Lord your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11. ‘But my people would not listen to me;Israel would not submit to me.