And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Retribution in kind. As ye have "forsaken me" (Jeremiah 2:13), so shall ye be forsaken by me. "As ye have served strange (foreign) gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers (foreigners) in a land not yours." (Compare the similar retribution in Deuteronomy 28:47-48.)