¹⁴ Think of it—everything already belongs to the Eternal your God: the sky and His own dwelling place beyond the sky, the earth and everything on it. ¹⁵ Nevertheless He devotedly loved your ancestors; and out of all the peoples He chose you, their descendants, to be His own, as you still are today. ¹⁶ Cut away that hard covering around your heart, and do not harden your neck against me,