¹⁵ They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors^(A) and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves,^(B) following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.^(C)

¹⁸ I will first repay them double for their guilt^(A) and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.”