Jeremiah 9:11

11 "I will make Jerusalem a ¹heap of ruins, A haunt of ²jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a ³desolation, without inhabitant."

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Jeremiah 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem heaps
That is, the walls and houses of it shall be thrown down, and become heaps of stones and rubbish: and a den of dragons;
only inhabited by wild beasts: and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without inhabitant;
so that the calamity would be universal; not only Jerusalem, but all the cities of the land, would be destroyed, forsaken, and uninhabited.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 9:11 In-Context

9 "Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD . "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?

10 "For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

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."

12 Who is the wise man that 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 ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?

13 The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

Cross References 3

1. Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 51:37
2. Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:13
3. Jeremiah 4:27; Jeremiah 26:9

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