Jeremiah 9:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 I will turn Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals;
The cities of Judah I will make a waste,
where no one dwells.(A)
11 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it!
Why is the land ravaged,
scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?(B)
12 The Lord said: Because they have abandoned my law, which I set before them, and did not listen to me or follow it,
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