"For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the Lord who rules over all. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

"The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.'

I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king, "The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him."

Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'"

"I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.

Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

The ships of Kittim will come against him, leaving him disheartened. He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor those who forsake the holy covenant.