Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go {to be} among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. {sleep: Heb. lie down}

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! {her...: or, gluttonous: Heb. craw}

And I said unto you, I {am} the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret {sins} in the light of thy countenance.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded {them} to do; but they did {them} not. {imagination: or, stubbornness}