But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

“I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days – one day for a year – you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”