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10 And then[a] when you tell this people all these words and they ask you, ‘Why[b] has Yahweh pronounced against us all this great evil, and what is our iniquity, and what is our sin that we have sinned against Yahweh our God?’ 11 Then you shall say to them, ‘Because[c] your ancestors[d] have forsaken me,’ declares[e] Yahweh, ‘and they have gone after other gods, and they have served them, and they have bowed down in worship to them, and they have forsaken me, and they have not kept my laws. 12 And you have behaved badly[f] more than your ancestors,[g] and look, you are going each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, without listening to me. 13 So I will throw you from this land to the land that you have not known, you or your ancestors,[h] and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will not show you favor.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:10 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Jeremiah 16:10 Literally “On what”
  3. Jeremiah 16:11 Literally “On that”
  4. Jeremiah 16:11 Or “fathers”
  5. Jeremiah 16:11 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 16:12 Literally “you have done evil to do”
  7. Jeremiah 16:12 Or “fathers”
  8. Jeremiah 16:13 Or “fathers”

10 When you proclaim all these things to the people, and they ask you, “Why has the Lord pronounced such massive devastation against us? What have we done wrong? How have we sinned against the Lord our God?” 11 then you should tell them: It’s because your ancestors have deserted me and followed other gods, declares the Lord. They have served and worshipped them, while abandoning me and refusing to keep my Instruction. 12 And you, you have acted worse than your ancestors, each of you following your own willful, evil hearts and paying no attention to me. 13 So I will banish you from this land to a place that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.

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