¹⁹ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.^(A)

²³ It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind^(A) them of their guilt^(B) and take them captive.

²⁴ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you people have brought to mind your guilt by your open rebellion, revealing your sins in all that you do—because you have done this, you will be taken captive.

²⁵ “‘You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come,^(C) whose time of punishment has reached its climax,^{(D) 26} this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.^(E) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.^{(F) 27} A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come;^(G) to him I will give it.’^(H)

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(A) and murder,^(B) commit adultery^(C) and perjury,^[a](D) burn incense to Baal^(E) and follow other gods^(F) you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand^(G) before me in this house,^(H) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?^{(I) 11} Has this house,^(J) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers^(K) to you? But I have been watching!^(L) declares the Lord.

¹² “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh^(M) where I first made a dwelling^(N) for my Name,^(O) and see what I did^(P) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. ¹³ While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke^(Q) to you again and again,^(R) but you did not listen;^(S) I called^(T) you, but you did not answer.^{(U) 14} Therefore, what I did to Shiloh^(V) I will now do to the house that bears my Name,^(W) the temple^(X) you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. ¹⁵ I will thrust you from my presence,^(Y) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’^(Z)