¹⁷ But if ^(A)your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,

¹⁶ “Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, ‘What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day ^(A)in rebellion against the Lord?

¹⁸ that you too must turn away this day from following the Lord? And if ^(A)you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow ^(B)he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

^19 (A)“But if you^[a] turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, ^20 (B)then I will pluck you^[b] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it ^(C)a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

² and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^(A)The Lord is with you while you are with him. ^(B)If you seek him, he will be found by you, ^(C)but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.