becauseof their wickednesswhichthey committedso as to provokeMe to angerby continuingto burnsacrifices[and] to serveothergodswhomthey had not known,[neither] they, you, noryour fathers.
"However, You are justin allthat has comeupon us; For You have dealtfaithfully,but we have actedwickedly.
For Jerusalemhas stumbledand Judahhas fallen,Becausetheir speechand their actionsare againstthe LORD,To rebelagainst His gloriouspresence.
The LORDof hosts,who plantedyou, has pronouncedevilagainstyou becauseof the evilof the houseof Israeland of the houseof Judah,whichthey have doneto provokeMe by offeringup sacrificesto Baal.
"Now whenyou tellthispeopleallthesewords,they will sayto you, 'For whatreasonhas the LORDdeclaredallthisgreatcalamityagainstus? And whatis our iniquity,or whatis our sinwhichwe have committedagainst the LORDour God?'
"Then they will answer,'Becausethey forsookthe covenantof the LORDtheir Godand boweddownto othergodsand servedthem.'"
becausethey have not listenedto My words,'declaresthe LORD,'whichI sentto them againand againby My servantsthe prophets;but you did not listen,'declaresthe LORD.
"Indeedthe sonsof Israeland the sonsof Judahhave been doingonlyevilin My sightfrom their youth;for the sonsof Israelhave been onlyprovokingMe to angerby the workof their hands,"declaresthe LORD.
"Becauseyou have burnedsacrificesand have sinnedagainst the LORDand not obeyedthe voiceof the LORDor walkedin His law,His statutesor His testimonies,thereforethiscalamityhas befallenyou, as [it has] thisday."
provokingMe to angerwith the worksof your hands,burningsacrificesto othergodsin the landof Egypt,whereyou are enteringto reside,sothat you might be cutoffand becomea curseand a reproachamong allthe nationsof the earth?
"It shall comeabout whenthey say,'Whyhas the LORDour Goddoneallthesethingsto us?' then you shall sayto them, 'As you have forsakenMe and servedforeigngodsin your land,soyou will servestrangersin a landthat is not yours.'
Shall I not punishthese[people]?' declaresthe LORD,'On a nationsuchas thisShall I not avengeMyself?'
"Do they spiteMe?" declaresthe LORD."Is it not themselves [they spite], to their ownshame?"
Jerusalemsinnedgreatly,Thereforeshe has becomean uncleanthing.Allwho honoredher despiseher Becausethey have seenher nakedness;Evenshe herselfgroansand turnsaway.
Becauseof the sinsof her prophets[And] the iniquitiesof her priests,Who have shedin her midstThe bloodof the righteous;
Then He saidto me, "The iniquityof the houseof Israeland Judahis very,verygreat,and the landis filledwith bloodand the cityis fullof perversion;for they say,'The LORDhas forsakenthe land,and the LORDdoes not see!'
we have sinned,committediniquity,actedwickedlyand rebelled,even turningasidefrom Your commandmentsand ordinances.
"Ifyour brother,your mother'sson,oryour sonordaughter,orthe wifeyou cherish,oryour friendwhois as your own soul,enticeyou secretly,saying,Let us goand serveothergods(whomneitheryou noryour fathershave known,
"Then [men] will say,Becausethey forsookthe covenantof the LORD,the Godof their fathers,whichHe madewith them when He broughtthem out of the landof Egypt.
They wentand servedothergodsand worshipedthem, godswhomthey have not knownand whom He had not allottedto them.
"They sacrificedto demonswho were not God,To godswhom they have not known,New[gods] who camelately,Whom your fathersdid not dread.
For whoprovoked[Him] when they had heard?Indeed,did not allthosewhocameout of Egypt[led] by Moses?
