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19 But if you⁺ turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you⁺, and if you⁺ go off to serve and worship other gods, 20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. 21 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble [And though this temple is now exalted], all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD {YHWH} done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God {YHWH Elohe} of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage), and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’” 2 Chronicles 7:19-22, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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