11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,(A)
a jackals’ den.(B)
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.

12 Who is the person wise enough to understand this?(C) Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?

13 The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction,(D) which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.

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