⁷ then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples.

⁸ This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(A) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(B)