Jeremiah 9
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Jeremiah 9:9-16

9ShallInotvisitthemforthesethings? saith Jehovah;shallnotmysoulbeavengedonsuchanationasthis?
10ForthemountainswillItakeupaweepingandwailing,andforthepasturesofthewildernessalamentation,becausetheyareburnedup,sothatnone passeth through; neither can men hearthevoiceofthecattle; boththebirdsoftheheavensandthebeastsarefled,theyaregone.
11AndIwillmakeJerusalem heaps,adwelling-placeofjackals;andIwillmakethecitiesofJudahadesolation,withoutinhabitant.
12Whoisthewise man,thatmayunderstandthis?andwhoishetowhomthemouthofJehovahhathspoken,thathemaydeclareit? whereforeisthelandperishedandburneduplikeawilderness,sothatnonepasseththrough?
13AndJehovah saith,BecausetheyhaveforsakenmylawwhichIsetbeforethem,andhavenot obeyedmyvoice, neither walked therein,
14buthavewalked afterthestubbornnessoftheirown heart,andaftertheBaalim,whichtheirfathers taughtthem;
15thereforethussaith Jehovahofhosts,theGodofIsrael,Behold,Iwillfeedthem,eventhispeople,withwormwood,andgivethemwaterofgalltodrink.
16Iwillscatterthemalsoamongthenations,whomneithertheynortheirfathershaveknown;andIwillsendH7971theswordafterthem, tillIhaveconsumedthem.
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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain