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The Lord’s Threat

11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a jackals’ den,
and I am going to lay waste to the cities of Judah,
so that no one can live there.

Jeremiah’s Question

12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord so that he can explain it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through it?

The Lord’s Answer

13 The Lord said:

This happened because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them. They did not listen to my voice or live according to it.

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