"Then you are to sayto them, '[It is] becauseyour forefathershave forsakenMe,' declaresthe LORD,'and have followedothergodsand servedthem and boweddownto them; but Me they have forsakenand have not keptMy law.
For the timealready pastis sufficient[for] [you] to have carriedout the desireof the Gentiles,having pursued a courseof sensuality,lusts,drunkenness,carousing,drinking partiesand abominableidolatries.
"But as for those whose heartsgoafter their detestablethingsand abominations,I will bringtheir conductdownon their heads,"declaresthe LordGOD.
"Then they will answer,'Becausethey forsookthe covenantof the LORDtheir Godand boweddownto othergodsand servedthem.'"
"They will spreadthem out to the sun,the moonand to allthe hostof heaven,whichthey have lovedand whichthey have served,and whichthey have goneafterand whichthey have sought,and whichthey have worshiped.They will not be gatheredor buried;they will be as dungon the faceof the ground.
"And they will say,Becausethey forsookthe LORDtheir God,whobroughttheir fathersout of the landof Egypt,and adoptedothergodsand worshipedthem and servedthem, thereforethe LORDhas broughtallthisadversityon them.'"
but have walkedafterthe stubbornnessof their heartand afterthe Baals,as their fatherstaughtthem,"
"The priestsdid not say,'Whereis the LORD?'And those who handlethe lawdid not knowMe; The rulersalso transgressedagainst Me, And the prophetsprophesiedby BaalAnd walkedafterthings that did not profit.
"And they will say,'Becausethey forsookthe LORD,the Godof their fatherswhobroughtthem from the landof Egypt,and they adoptedothergodsand worshipedthem and servedthem; thereforeHe has broughtallthisadversityon them.'"
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Judahand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey rejectedthe lawof the LORDAnd have not keptHis statutes;Their liesalso have ledthem astray,Those afterwhichtheir fatherswalked.
"From the daysof your fathersyou have turnedasidefrom My statutesand have not kept[them]. Returnto Me, and I will returnto you," saysthe LORDof hosts."But you say,'Howshall we return?'
Then the sonsof Israeldidevilin the sightof the LORDand servedthe Baals,
"Ifyou sayin your heart,Whyhave thesethingshappenedto me?' Because of the magnitudeof your iniquityYour skirtshave been removedAnd your heelshave been exposed.
becauseof their wickednesswhichthey committedso as to provokeMe to angerby continuingto burnsacrifices[and] to serveothergodswhomthey had not known,[neither] they, you, noryour fathers.
Our fatherssinned,[and] are nomore;It is we who have bornetheir iniquities.
