⁵ Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant,^(A) you will be my own possession^(B) out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,

² for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession^(A) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

¹⁸ And today the Lord has affirmed that you are his own possession as he promised you, that you are to keep all his commands, ¹⁹ that he will elevate you to praise, fame, and glory above all the nations he has made, and that you will be a holy people^(A) to the Lord your God as he promised.”

⁸ I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.^(A) I gathered male and female singers for myself,^(B) and many concubines, the delights of men.^[a][b]

¹⁷ “They will be mine,” says the Lord of Armies,^(A) “my own possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.^(B)