⁵ And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My ^(A)name is continually reviled all day long.

¹⁶ But I will ^[a]spare a few of them from the ^(A)sword, the famine, and plague so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go, and ^[b]may ^(B)know that I am the Lord.”

²⁴ For “^(A)the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles ^(B)because of you,” just as it is written.