Now they come and laugh at me; I am nothing but a joke to them.

then I will remove my people Israel from the land that I have given them. I will also abandon this Temple which I have consecrated as the place where I am to be worshiped. People everywhere will ridicule Israel and treat her with contempt.

You have made us a joke among the nations; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.

At your feasts you have harps and tambourines and flutes---and wine. But you don't understand what the LORD is doing,