Because they have abandoned me, and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched — the oracle details the cause of judgment: abandonment of the LORD, worship of foreign gods, and resulting divine anger. The phrase 'my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched' (וַיִּחַר־אַפִּי בַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְלֹא תִכָּבֶה, *way-yichar appi ba-makom ha-zeh*) indicates unceasing divine anger. The irrevocability of judgment stands in sharp contrast to the conditional hope offered for the righteous king.

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