²⁰ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people—men and women—who answered him. ²¹ He said to them, “·The Lord remembered [^LDid not the Lord remember…?] that you and your ·ancestors [fathers], kings and officers, and the people of the land ·burned incense [or made offerings] in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. He remembered and ·thought [set/^Llifted up his mind/heart] about it. ²² Then he could not be patient with you any longer. He hated the ·terrible things [abominations] you did. So he made your country an ·empty desert [desolation and a ruin], where no one lives. Other people curse that country. And so it is today.