15 and they continued rejecting his regulations and his covenant+ that he had concluded with their forefathers and his reminders*+ with which he had warned them, and they went following vain idols+ and became vain+ themselves, even in imitation of the nations that were all around them, concerning whom Jehovah had commanded them not to do like them;+

23 Because of the fact that YOU made sacrificial smoke+ and that YOU sinned against Jehovah+ and did not obey the voice of Jehovah+ and in his law+ and in his statutes and in his reminders YOU did not walk, that is why there has befallen YOU this calamity as at this day.”+