Jeremiah 9:11-13

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¹¹I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,^(A)
a jackals’ den.^(B)
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.

¹²Who is the person wise enough to understand this?^(C) Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?

¹³The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction,^(D) which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.

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