²⁰ then I will uproot^(A) Israel from my land,^(B) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule^(C) among all peoples.

⁷ From the days of our ancestors^(A) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword^(B) and captivity,^(C) to pillage and humiliation^(D) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.