"When you transgressthe covenantof the LORDyour God,whichHe commandedyou, and goand serveothergodsand bowdownto them, then the angerof the LORDwill burnagainst you, and you will perishquicklyfrom offthe goodlandwhichHe has givenyou."
"For the LORDwill strikeIsrael,as a reedis shakenin the water;and He will uprootIsraelfrom thisgoodlandwhichHe gaveto their fathers,and will scatterthem beyondthe [Euphrates] River,becausethey have madetheir Asherim,provokingthe LORDto anger.
"But ifyou or your sonsindeedturnawayfrom followingMe, and do not keepMy commandmentsand My statuteswhichI have setbeforeyou, and goand serveothergodsand worshipthem,
then I will cutoffIsraelfrom the landwhichI have giventhem, and the housewhichI have consecratedfor My name,I will castout of My sight.So Israelwill becomea proverband a bywordamong allpeoples.
Now [this] cameabout becausethe sonsof Israelhad sinnedagainst the LORDtheir God,who had broughtthem up from the landof Egyptfrom underthe handof Pharaoh,kingof Egypt,and they had fearedothergods
For throughthe angerof the LORD[this] cameabout in Jerusalemand JudahuntilHe castthem out from His presence.And Zedekiahrebelledagainst the kingof Babylon.
The earthis also pollutedby its inhabitants,for they transgressedlaws,violatedstatutes,brokethe everlastingcovenant.
They camein and tookpossessionof it, but they did not obeyYour voiceor walkin Your law;they have donenothingof allthat You commandedthem to do;therefore You have made allthiscalamitycomeupon them.
Behold,the siegerampshave reachedthe cityto takeit; and the cityis giveninto the handof the Chaldeanswho fightagainstit, becauseof the sword,the famineand the pestilence;and whatYou have spokenhas cometo pass;and behold,You see[it].
And as I planto doto them, so I will doto you.'"
and has goneand servedothergodsand worshipedthem, or the sunorthe moonoranyof the heavenlyhost,whichI have not commanded,
"But it shall comeabout, ifyou do not obeythe LORDyour God,to observeto doallHis commandmentsand His statuteswith whichI chargeyou today,that allthesecurseswill comeupon you and overtakeyou:
for the LORDyour Godin the midstof you is a jealousGod;otherwisethe angerof the LORDyour Godwill be kindledagainst you, and He will wipeyou offthe faceof the earth.
The angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He gavethem into the handsof plundererswho plunderedthem; and He soldthem into the handsof their enemiesaround[them], so that they couldnolongerstandbeforetheir enemies.
So the angerof the LORDburnedagainst Israel,and He said,"Becausethisnationhas transgressedMy covenantwhichI commandedtheir fathersand has not listenedto My voice,
"But ifyou stilldowickedly,bothyou and your kingwill be sweptaway."
