¹⁷ “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,^(A) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,^(B) rats^(C) and other unclean things—they will meet their end^(D) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

¹¹ But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,^(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”^(B)

³⁰ “The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth;^(A) indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger^(B) with what their hands have made,^(C) declares the Lord. ³¹ From the day it was built until now, this city^(D) has so aroused my anger and wrath that I must remove^(E) it from my sight. ³² The people of Israel and Judah have provoked^(F) me by all the evil^(G) they have done—they, their kings and officials,^(H) their priests and prophets, the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. ³³ They turned their backs^(I) to me and not their faces; though I taught^(J) them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.^{(K) 34} They set up their vile images^(L) in the house that bears my Name^(M) and defiled^(N) it. ³⁵ They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom^(O) to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek,^(P) though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind^(Q)—that they should do such a detestable^(R) thing and so make Judah sin.^(S)

⁵ But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,^(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”^(B)

¹⁴ But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked^(A) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. ¹⁵ They rejected his decrees and the covenant^(B) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols^(C) and themselves became worthless.^(D) They imitated the nations^(E) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

¹⁶ They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,^(F) and an Asherah^(G) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,^(H) and they worshiped Baal.^{(I) 17} They sacrificed^(J) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens^(K) and sold^(L) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.