The Infidelity which Justifies the Doom

10 After thou hast delivered this message to the people, they will ask thee why Jehovah has doomed them to all this misery. "What is our guilt," they will say, "and what is the sin we have committed against Jehovah our God?" 11 Tell them then, "Jehovah doth solemnly declare: it is because your fathers abandoned Me for the worship and the service of other gods; yes, they abandoned Me and neglected My law. 12 And your own behaviour has been worse than that of your fathers. See how every man of you is following the impulses of his own wicked and stubborn heart and refusing to listen to Me. 13 For this, then, I will hurl you out of this land into a land that is strange to you and your fathers; and there, day and night, ye shall serve other gods; for no favour shall ye have from Me."