² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and ^(A)said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place.

²⁴ All nations would say, ^(A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’ ²⁵ Then people would say: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt; ²⁶ for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them. ²⁷ Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against this land, ^(B)to bring on it every curse that is written in this book. ²⁸ And the Lord ^(C)uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

⁸ And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ^(A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’ ⁹ Then they will answer, ^(B)‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”

^20 (A)then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have ^[a]sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a ^(B)byword among all peoples.

²¹ “And as for ^(C)this ^[b]house, which ^[c]is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be ^(D)astonished and say, ^(E)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’ ²² Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’ ”