²⁹“The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods. ³⁰Ever since they were young, the people of Israel and Judah have done what I consider evil. The people of Israel have made me furious by what they’ve done,” declares the Lord. ³¹“The people in this city have made me so angry and furious from the day they built it to this day. So now I must remove this city from my presence.

³²“The people of Israel and Judah have made me furious because they are evil. The people, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, and the Judeans and those who live in Jerusalem ³³have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn. ³⁴They set up their detestable idols in the temple that is called by my name, and they dishonored it. ³⁵In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I didn’t ask them to do this. It never entered my mind. I didn’t make Judah sin.

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