38. Because of them the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away,she became the abode of strangers.She became a stranger to her own offspring,and her children forsook her.
39. Her sanctuary became desolate as a wilderness;her feasts were turned into mourning,Her sabbaths to shame,her honor to contempt.
40. As her glory had been, so great was her dishonor:her exaltation was turned into mourning.
41. Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,
42. and abandon their particular customs. All the Gentiles conformed to the command of the king,
43. and many Israelites delighted in his religion; they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.