Obedience Commanded

4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees^(A) and laws I am about to teach^(B) you. Follow them so that you may live^(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

¹¹ So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees,^(A) which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear^(B) the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.

¹⁰ To this day they have not humbled^(A) themselves or shown reverence,^(B) nor have they followed my law^(C) and the decrees^(D) I set before you and your ancestors.^(E)

²³ Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed^(A) his law or his decrees^(B) or his stipulations, this disaster^(C) has come upon you, as you now see.”^(D)

¹² And you will know that I am the Lord,^(A) for you have not followed my decrees^(B) or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.^(C)”