¹⁷ Then My anger shall be ^(A)aroused against them in that day, and ^(B)I will forsake them, and I will ^(C)hide My face from them, and they shall be ^[a]devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ^(D)‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is ^(E)not among us?’

²¹ Then it shall be, ^(A)when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for ^(B)I know the inclination ^(C)of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”