And be not like your fathers, and like your kindred, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see.
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It does not belong to you, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from the LORD God.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that did not direct their heart rightly, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you polluted according to the manner of your fathers? and do you commit whoredom according to their abominations?