⁸ “People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’^{(A) 9} And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.^(B)’”

²³ Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed^(A) his law or his decrees^(B) or his stipulations, this disaster^(C) has come upon you, as you now see.”^(D)