Deu 29:25-26, 1Ch 28:9, 2Ch 15:2, Jer 2:19, 4:18, 5:19, 25 | ESV | STEP | Then people will say , It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord , the God of their fathers , which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt ,

Deuteronomy 29:25-26

25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them.

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^awhole heart and with a willing mind, ^bfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^cIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^dThe Lord is with you while you are with him. ^eIf you seek him, he will be found by you, ^fbut if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 2:19

19 ^gYour evil will chastise you,
and ^hyour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ⁱbitter
for ^jyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 4:18

18 Your ways and your deeds
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and ^kit is bitter;
it has reached your very heart.”

Jeremiah 5:19

19 And when your people say, ^l‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, ^mso you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”

Jeremiah 5:25

25 ⁿYour iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have kept good from you.