8Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! 9Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god. 10I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11"But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me. 12So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice. 13If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me! 14I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes. 15Those who hate the LORD would cringe in front of him, and their time [for punishment]would last forever. 16But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock."
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