⁷ then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples. ⁸ This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(E) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^{(F) 9} People will answer,^(G) ‘Because they have forsaken^(H) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster^(I) on them.’”