Jeremiah 9:11-15
Jeremiah 9:11
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 9:12
Who is the wise person who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the desert, so that no one passes through?
Jeremiah 9:13
The Lord said, “Because they have abandoned My Law which I put before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,
Jeremiah 9:14
but have followed the stubbornness of their heart and the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”
Jeremiah 9:15
therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them poisoned water to drink.