Jeremiah 22:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Against you I will send destroyers,
each with their tools:
They shall cut down your choice cedars,
and cast them into the fire.(A)
8 Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another: “Why has the Lord done this to so great a city?”(B) 9 And they will be told: “Because they have deserted their covenant with the Lord, their God, by worshiping and serving other gods.”(C)
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