Deuteronomy 29:25-28

25People will answer, ‘Because these people turned away from the covenant that the Lord had made with them. He is the God that their ancestors worshipped. He made a covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.

26But they turned away from him and they worshipped other gods. They served gods that they had not known before. They were gods that the Lord did not give them to worship.

27So the Lord was angry with the people in this land. He punished them with all the terrible troubles that are written in this book.

28That is why the Lord removed them from their land. He was very angry with them. So he threw them out to a foreign country. We see that they are still there today.’