²⁶ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁷ “Look, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh.^(A) Is anything too difficult for Me? ²⁸ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to hand this city over to the Chaldeans,^(B) to Babylon’s king Nebuchadnezzar, and he will capture it. ²⁹ The Chaldeans who are going to fight against this city will come, set this city on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to provoke Me to anger.^{(C) 30} From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in My sight! They have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands”^(D)—this is the Lord’s declaration— ³¹ “for this city has caused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. I will therefore remove it from My presence,^{(E) 32} because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings,^(F) their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. ³³ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,^[a](G) they do not listen and receive discipline. ³⁴ They have placed their detestable things^(H) in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it. ³⁵ They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech^(I)—something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought^[b] that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!