Jeremiah 16:9-13

9For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to 12eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.

10“Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘3For what reason has the Lord declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11Then you are to say to them, ‘It is 4because your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed 5other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law. 12You too have done evil, even 6more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the 7stubbornness of his own 8evil heart, without listening to Me. 13So I will 9hurl you out of this land into the 10land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will 11serve other gods day and night, for I will grant you no favor.’