And he set up an altar there, and called it, El Elohe Israel.

Moreover God said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My eternal name, and this is My memorial from generation to generation.

you shall not bow down to them nor serve them; for I, Jehovah your God, am a jealous Mighty God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their own foot is caught in the net which they hid.

For strangers have risen up against me, and terrible men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, you rulers of Sodom. Give heed to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

Are you not like the sons of Cush to Me, O sons of Israel? declares Jehovah. Have I not brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

Moreover, it is not as though the Word of God has fallen away. For not all those of Israel are Israel,

If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

He has also prepared instruments of death for him; He makes His arrows hotly pursue.

Let death seize them, and let them go down alive into Sheol; for evil is among them and in their dwellings.

When its branches are dried up, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.

Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he has done, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.

Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he had done, he shall live life; he shall not die.

For judgment will be without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Indeed, mercy rejoices over judgment.