2 Chronicles 7:22
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
Cross-reference
In 2 Chronicles 36:17, the calamity described here actually occurs—Babylon conquers Judah as judgment for forsaking God.
Judges 2:12 uses identical phrasing: 'forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt'—the same sin.
Judges 2:13 describes the same apostasy—they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Lamentations 2:17 affirms the LORD fulfilled His word—the calamity was His purposed judgment, exactly as warned.
In Daniel 9:12, Daniel confesses that God brought the predicted great disaster on Jerusalem, confirming this warning.
Deuteronomy 29:24 provides the covenant curse formula echoed here—nations ask why, and the answer is unfaithfulness.
1 Kings 9:9 gives the identical explanation for exile—a parallel account of the same divine response.
Jeremiah 5:19 applies this same reasoning to his generation: forsaking God leads to exile and serving foreigners.
Ezekiel 39:23 similarly states that Israel went into captivity because of unfaithfulness, reaffirming this cause-and-effect.
Jeremiah 1:16 repeats the charge of forsaking God and serving other gods—a consistent prophetic indictment.
Jeremiah 22:5 warns that disobedience will make the temple desolate—the cause of the calamity this verse explains.