31. This city has enraged me from the day it was built to this very day, and so it must be removed from my sight—
32. because of all the evil done by the people of Israel and Judah to make me angry—they, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and those who live in Jerusalem.
33. They turned their backs to me and not their faces; and though I taught them over and over, they wouldn’t accept my correction.
34. They set up their disgusting idols in the temple that bears my name and violated it;
35. and they built shrines to Baal in the Ben-hinnon Valley, where they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded them—nor did it even cross my mind—that they should do such detestable things, leading Judah to sin.
36. You have been saying, "This city will be handed over to the king of Babylon through sword, famine, and disease." But this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
37. I will gather them from all the countries where I have scattered them in my fierce anger and rage. I will bring them back to this place to live securely.
38. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
39. I will give them one heart and one mind so that they may worship me all the days of their lives, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.