Deu 1:31, 4:7-8, Isa 5:1-2, 46:3-4, Jer 31:9, Eze 16:6-14, 20:5-32 | ESV | STEP | and in the wilderness , where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son , all the way that you went until you came to this place .

Deuteronomy 1:31

31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God ^acarried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Deuteronomy 4:7-8

7 For ^bwhat great nation is there that has ^ca god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so ^drighteous as all this law that I set before you today?

Isaiah 5:1-2

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

1 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ^ea vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ^fchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^ghe looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

Isaiah 46:3-4

3 “Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
^hwho have been borne by me from before your birth,
carried from the womb;
4 ⁱeven to your old age I am he,
and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.

Jeremiah 31:9

9 ^jWith weeping they shall come,
^kand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^lwalk by brooks of water,
^min a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ⁿI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^omy firstborn.

Ezekiel 16:6-14

6 “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing ^pin your blood, I said to you ^qin your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you ^rin your blood, ‘Live!’ 7 ^sI made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall ^tand arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet ^uyou were naked and bare.

8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and ^vI spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you ^wand entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, ^xand you became mine. 9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and ^yanointed you with oil. 10 ^zI clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. ^{▼▼Or with rich fabric} 11 ^abAnd I adorned you with ornaments and ^acput bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. ^adYou ate fine flour and honey and oil. ^aeYou grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 And ^afyour renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 20:5-32

5 and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^agOn the day when I chose Israel, ^ahI swore ^{▼▼Hebrew I lifted my hand; twice in this verse; also verses 6, 15, 23, 28, 42} to the offspring of the house of Jacob, ^ajmaking myself known to them in the land of Egypt; ^akI swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God. 6 On that day I swore to them that ^alI would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land ^amflowing with milk and honey, ^anthe most glorious of all lands. 7 And I said to them, ' ^aoCast away the detestable things ^apyour eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with ^aqthe idols of Egypt; ^arI am the Lord your God.' 8 ^asBut they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. ^atNone of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them ^auand spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 ^avBut I acted ^awfor the sake of my name, ^axthat it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, ^ayin whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 ^azSo I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 ^baI gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, ^bbby which, if a person does them, he shall live. 12 Moreover, I gave them ^bcmy Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, ^bdthat they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 13 ^beBut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. ^bfThey did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; ^bgand my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.

^bh“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, ^biin whose sight I had brought them out. 15 Moreover, ^bjI swore to them in the wilderness ^bkthat I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land ^blflowing with milk and honey, ^bmthe most glorious of all lands, 16 because they rejected my rules and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; ^bnfor their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless, ^bomy eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or ^bpmake a full end of them in the wilderness.

18 “And I said to ^bqtheir children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk ^brin the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, ^bsnor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 ^btI am the Lord your God; ^buwalk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and ^bvkeep my Sabbaths holy that ^bwthey may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.' 21 ^bxBut the children ^byrebelled against me. ^bzThey did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths.

^ca“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 ^cbBut I withheld my hand ^ccand acted for the sake of my name, ^cdthat it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 ^ceMoreover, ^cfI swore to them in the wilderness ^cgthat I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries, 24 because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, ^chand their eyes were set on their fathers’ idols. 25 ^ciMoreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life, 26 and I defiled them through ^cjtheir very gifts ^ckin their offering up all their firstborn, that I might devastate them. I did it ^clthat they might know that I am the Lord.

27 “Therefore, ^cmson of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by ^cndealing treacherously with me. 28 For when I had brought them into the land that ^coI swore to give them, then wherever they saw ^cpany high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented ^cqthe provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings. 29 (I said to them, ^cr'What is the high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah ^{▼▼ Bamah means high place} to this day.)

30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^ctWill you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go ^cuwhoring after their detestable things? 31 When you present your gifts and ^cvoffer up your children in fire, ^{▼▼Hebrew and make your children pass through the fire} you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And ^cxshall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? ^cyAs I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

32 ^cz“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ^da‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, ^dband worship wood and stone.’