Jeremiah 9:11-13

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¹¹I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
a lair of jackals;
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”

¹²Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? ¹³And the Lord says: “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it,

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