12 You are here in order to enter into the covenant of Jehovah your God and his oath, which Jehovah your God is making with you today+

8 “‘And many nations will pass by this city and say to one another: “Why did Jehovah do this to this great city?”+ 9 And they will reply: “Because they abandoned the covenant of Jehovah their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.”’+