² ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities. Look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them^{(A) 3} because of the evil they committed to anger me,^(B) by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your ancestors did not know.^{(C) 4} So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again,^[a](D) saying, “Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.” ⁵ But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods. ⁶ So my fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets^(E) so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

ע Ayin

⁶ But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? ” ’

So the people repented and said, ‘As the Lord of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with us.’^(A)