Jeremiah 44:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Even though I continued to send to them all my servants the prophets with this plea, “Do not do this abominable thing that I hate,” ⁵ they would not listen or pay any heed to my warning to refrain from their wicked deeds and cease to offer sacrifices to other gods. ⁶ Therefore, my fury and my wrath poured forth, burning to ashes the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and reducing them to the desolate wasteland they are today.