⁹ Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors^(A) and by the kings^(B) and queens^(C) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives^(D) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?^{(E) 10} To this day they have not humbled^(F) themselves or shown reverence,^(G) nor have they followed my law^(H) and the decrees^(I) I set before you and your ancestors.^(J)

²¹ “Did not the Lord remember^(A) and call to mind the incense^(B) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem^(C) by you and your ancestors,^(D) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?^{(E) 22} When the Lord could no longer endure^(F) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse^(G) and a desolate waste^(H) without inhabitants, as it is today.^{(I) 23} Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed^(J) his law or his decrees^(K) or his stipulations, this disaster^(L) has come upon you, as you now see.”^(M)

²⁴ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,^(N) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.^(O)