⁴ I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate. ⁵ But you would not listen or pay any attention. You would not give up your evil practice of sacrificing to other gods. ⁶ So I poured out my anger and fury on the towns of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem, and I set them on fire. They were left in ruins and became a horrifying sight, as they are today.