Deu 29:25-28, 2Ch 7:22, Jer 2:10-13, 19, 5:19, 16:10-13, 50:7 | 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 ,

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. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, ^abringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord ^buprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and ^ccast them into another land, as they are this day.’

2 Chronicles 7:22

22 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”

Jeremiah 2:10-13

10 For cross to the coasts of ^dCyprus and see,
or send to ^eKedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.
11 ^fHas a nation changed its gods,
^geven though they are no gods?
But my people ^hhave changed their glory
for ⁱthat which does not profit.
12 Be appalled, ^jO heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate,

declares the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
^kthey have forsaken ^lme,
the fountain of ^mliving waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:19

19 ⁿYour evil will chastise you,
and ^oyour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^pbitter
for ^qyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 5:19

19 And when your people say, ^r‘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, ^sso you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”

Jeremiah 16:10-13

10 “And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ^t‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them: ^u‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and ^vhave gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, 12 and because ^wyou have done worse than your fathers, for behold, ^xevery one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me. 13 Therefore ^yI will hurl you out of this land into ^za land that neither you nor your fathers have known, ^aaand there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

Jeremiah 50:7

7 All who found them have devoured them, ^aband their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for ^acthey have sinned against the Lord, ^adtheir habitation of righteousness, the Lord, ^aethe hope of their fathers.’