Jeremiah 22:6-9
Christian Standard Bible
6 For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
“You are like Gilead(A) to me,
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
7 I will set apart destroyers(B) against you,
each with his weapons.
They will cut down the choicest of your cedars
and throw them into the fire.
8 “Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’ 9 They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant(C) of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.’”(D)
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