³ Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(A) in order to remove them from his presence^(B) because of the sins of Manasseh^(C) and all he had done, ⁴ including the shedding of innocent blood.^(D) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(E)

¹⁶ In the fourth generation^(A) your descendants will come back here,^(B) for the sin of the Amorites^(C) has not yet reached its full measure.”

²⁶ He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites^(A) the Lord drove out before Israel.)