11 “I will make Jerusalem a (A)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (B)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (C)desolation, without inhabitant.”

12 Who is the (D)wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom (E)the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? (F)Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? 13 The Lord said, “Because they have (G)forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

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