I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots.
You deny your sins and say, “We aren't unclean. We haven't worshipped Baal.” But think about what you do in Hinnom Valley. And you run back and forth like young camels, as you rush to worship one idol after another.
And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the LORD our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them: I am the LORD, but you abandoned me and worshipped other gods in your own land. Now you will be slaves in a foreign country.