8. They have dwelt in it and they built in it a sanctuary for your name. They have said:
9. ‘If evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and we will cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save!’
10. And now, see the Ammonites, Moabites, and those of Mount Seir whom you did not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt, but instead they passed them by and did not destroy them:
11. See how they are now repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you have given us.