هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ ذُنُوبِ يَهُوذَا الثَّلاَثَةِ وَالأَرْبَعَةِ لاَ أَرْجعُ عَنْهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا نَامُوسَ اللهِ وَلَمْ يَحْفَظُوا فَرَائِضَهُ، وَأَضَلَّتْهُمْ أَكَاذِيبُهُمُ الَّتِي سَارَ آبَاؤُهُمْ وَرَاءَهَا.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: