25 Then they will have to say, ‘It was because they abandoned the covenant+ of Jehovah the God of their forefathers, which he concluded with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.+

22 And they will have to say, ‘It was for the reason that they left Jehovah+ the God of their forefathers who had brought them out of the land of Egypt,+ and they proceeded to take hold of other gods+ and bow down to them and serve them.+ That is why he brought upon them all this calamity.’”+