Jeremiah 16:9-13

9For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to 1eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.

10“Now it will happen that, when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘2For what reason has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? And what is our wrongdoing, or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11Then you are to say to them, ‘It is 3because your forefathers have abandoned Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed 4other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law. 12You too have done evil, even 5more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the 6stubbornness of his own 7evil heart, without listening to Me. 13So I will 8hurl you off this land to the 9land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will 10serve other gods day and night, because I will show you no compassion.’