²⁴ All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger?’ ²⁵ Then people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he had made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁰ He replied, “I have been very zealous^(A) for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,^(B) torn down your altars,^(C) and killed your prophets^(D) with the sword. I alone am left,^(E) and they are looking for me to take my life.”^(F)

¹⁴ “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Armies,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”^(A)