²⁴ All the nations will say, ‘^(A)Why has the Lord done thus to this land? Why this great ^[a]outburst of anger?’ ²⁵ Then men will say, ‘^(B)Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not ^[b]allotted to them.

⁸ And this house will become ^[a](A)a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘^(B)Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ ⁹ And they will say, ‘^(C)Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

^20 (A)then I will uproot you from My land which I have given ^[a]you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it ^(B)a proverb and a byword among all peoples. ²¹ As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘^(C)Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ ²² And they will say, ‘Because ^(D)they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”

¹⁰ “Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘^(A)For what reason has the Lord declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’