Jeremiah 5:19
5:19 “So then, Jeremiah,
when your people
ask, ‘Why has the
Lord our God done all this to us?’ tell them, ‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So
you must serve foreigners
in a land that does not belong to you.’
Jeremiah 16:10-11
The Lord Promises Exile (But Also Restoration)
16:10 “When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you, ‘Why has the Lord threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the Lord our God?’
16:11 Then tell them that the Lord says, ‘It is because your ancestors rejected me and paid allegiance to other gods. They have served them and worshiped them. But they have rejected me and not obeyed my law.