In this way<n id="1" /> I will pass sentence<n id="2" /> on the people of Jerusalem and Judah<n id="3" /> because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> asked,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Your people<n id="3" /> have rejected mep> <p class="poetry">and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Even though I supplied all their needs,<n id="5" /> they were like an unfaithful wife to me.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">They went flocking<n id="7" /> to the houses of prostitutes.<n id="8" />p>