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"Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another: Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?
Jeremiah 22:8 In-Context
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For this is what the LORD says about the palace of the king of Judah: “Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.
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I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire.
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“People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
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And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’ ”
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Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again.