Brenton(i)
2 (51:2) Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye have seen all the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Juda; and, behold, they are desolate without inhabitants,
3 (51:3) because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me, by going to burn incense to other gods, whom ye knew not.
4 (51:4) yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.
5 (51:5) But they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods.
6 (51:6) So mine anger and my wrath dropped upon them, and was kindled in the gates of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and a waste, as at this day.