⁸ I will make the land desolate^(A) because they have been unfaithful,^(B) declares the Sovereign Lord.”

²⁰ I will spread my net^(A) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment^(B) on him there because he was unfaithful^(C) to me.

²⁴ “But if a righteous person turns^(A) from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness^(B) they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.^(C)

²⁷ “Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In this also your ancestors^(A) blasphemed^(B) me by being unfaithful to me:^(C)

¹⁴ Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,^(A) following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.