²⁵ Then men will say, ‘^(A)Because they forsook 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 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not ^[a]allotted to them.

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, ^(A)you are about to lie down with your fathers; and ^(B)this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and ^(C)will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

^20 (A)For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and ^(B)become ^[a]prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant.

¹⁰ They have ^(A)turned back to the iniquities of their ^[a]ancestors who ^(B)refused to hear My words, and they ^(C)have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have ^(D)broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”

⁹ Then they will ^[a]answer, ‘Because they ^(A)forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”