Jeremiah 9:12-14

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The Reason for Judgment

¹² Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the Lord^[a] spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it? ¹³ The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn’t obey me and didn’t live according to it. ¹⁴ Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals,^[b] as their ancestors taught them.”