²⁴ And all the nations will say, ‘^(A)Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? Why this great burning anger?’ ²⁵ Then men will say, ‘^(B)Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which He cut with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not apportioned to them.

²¹ As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will feel desolate and say, ‘^(A)Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?’

⁸ “Many nations will pass by this city; and they will ^(A)say to one another, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?’ ⁹ Then they will say, ‘Because they ^(B)forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.’”