Jeremiah 9:11-13

Living Bible

¹¹ “And I will turn Jerusalem into heaps of ruined houses where only jackals have their dens. The cities of Judah shall be ghost towns, with no one living in them.”

¹² Who is wise enough to understand all this? Where is the Lord’s messenger to explain it? Why is the land a wilderness so that no one dares even to travel through?

¹³ “Because,” the Lord replies, “my people have forsaken my commandments and not obeyed my laws.