A Warning about the Palace

For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“ You are like Gilead to Me,

like the summit of Lebanon;

but I will surely turn you into a desert,

like cities that are uninhabited

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I will appoint destroyers against you,

each man with his weapons,

and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars

and throw them into the fire.

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And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another,‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

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Then [people] will reply,‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’ ”

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