This is how they would show that they are shocked by what happened to the temple (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# they forsook Yahweh
"they were unfaithful to Yahweh" or "they did not obey Yahweh"
# who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt
This phrase tells why they should have worshiped God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
# they laid hold of other gods
Here "laid hold of" represents choosing to be loyal to them. AT: "they chose to be loyal to other gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
These two phrases mean the same thing. The phrase "bowed down to them" describes the posture that people used in worship. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])