10 He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. ^vFor the people of Israel have ^wforsaken your covenant, ^xthrown down your altars, and ^ykilled your prophets with the sword, and ^zI, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

9 And they will answer, “Because they have ^eforsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”