Jeremiah 5:18-20

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁸ But even in those days,” says Adonai,
“I will not completely destroy you.
¹⁹ And when your people ask, ‘Why has Adonai
our God done all these things to us?’
you are to give them this answer:
‘Just as you abandoned me
and served strange gods in your own land,
so likewise you will serve strangers
in a land that is not your own.’
²⁰ Announce this in the house of Ya‘akov,
proclaim it in Y’hudah; say: