²⁷ So the Lord was angry with the people in this land. He punished them with all the terrible troubles that are written in this book. ²⁸ That is why the Lord removed them from their land. He was very angry with them. So he threw them out to a foreign country. We see that they are still there today.’

²⁹ Some secret things belong to the Lord our God. He does not let us understand everything. But he has shown us many things clearly. Those things belong to us and to our descendants for all time. They are the words of his Law that we need to obey.