Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

Israel, you have forgotten the God who rescues you and protects you like a mighty rock. Instead, you plant sacred gardens in order to worship a foreign god.

Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can be counted.

A noise is heard on the hilltops: it is the people of Israel crying and pleading because they have lived sinful lives and have forgotten the LORD their God.

He has said that this will be your fate. This is what he has decided to do with you, because you have forgotten him and have trusted in false gods.

They think that the dreams they tell will make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and turned to Baal.

They turned their backs on me; and though I kept on teaching them, they would not listen and learn.

"The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities."

But when you entered the good land, you became full and satisfied, and then you grew proud and forgot me.

Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do.

You have committed far greater sins than those who ruled before you. You have rejected me and have aroused my anger by making idols and metal images to worship.

"But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,

Righteous men will condemn them on the charge of adultery and murder, because they practice adultery and their hands are stained with blood."

Let the mob stone them and attack them with swords, kill their children, and burn down their houses.

And you two sisters---I will punish you for your immorality and your sin of worshiping idols. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD."

I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the LORD."

The LORD said to me, "I am punishing those Levites who, together with the rest of the people of Israel, deserted me and worshiped idols.

Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences

You will suffer the consequences of your sin for forty years, one year for each of the forty days you spent exploring the land. You will know what it means to have me against you!

The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.