³ because of the evil that they committed, ^(A)provoking me to anger, ^(B)in that they went to make offerings ^(C)and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.

²⁶ and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them.

^6 (A)“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or ^(B)the wife you embrace^[a] or your friend ^(C)who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ ^(D)which neither you nor your fathers have known,

^5 (A)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^(B)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.

¹⁷ Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^(A)son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^(B)the abominations that they commit here, that ^(C)they should fill the land with violence and ^(D)provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their^[a] nose. ¹⁸ Therefore ^(E)I will act in wrath. ^(F)My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. ^(G)And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

^8 (A)Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, ^(B)making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become ^(C)a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?

^33 (A)Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully ^(B)and we have acted wickedly.