Jeremiah 9
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Jeremiah 9:9-16

9ShallInotvisitthemforthese [things]? saith Jehovah;shallnotmysoulbeavengedonsuchanationasthis?
10ForthemountainswillItakeupweepingandwailing,andforthepasturesofthewilderness,alamentation;fortheyareburntup,sothatnone passeth throughthem;andthevoiceofthecattleisnot heard. Boththefowloftheheavensandthebeastsarefled;theyaregone.
11AndIwillmakeJerusalem heaps,adwelling-placeofjackals;andIwillmakethecitiesofJudahadesolation,withoutinhabitant.
12Whoisawise man,thathemayunderstandthis?andhetowhomthemouthofJehovahhathspoken,thathemaydeclareit?Whyisthelandperished, burntuplikeawilderness,sothatnonepasseththrough?
13AndJehovah saith,BecausetheyhaveforsakenmylawwhichIsetbeforethem,andhavenot hearkened untomyvoice, nor walkedinit,
14buthavewalked afterthestubbornnessoftheirown heart,andaftertheBaals,astheirfathers taughtthem;
15thereforethussaith Jehovahofhosts,theGodofIsrael,Behold,Iwillfeedthispeoplewithwormwood,andgivethemwaterofgalltodrink,
16andwillscatterthemamongthenations,whomneithertheynortheirfathershaveknown;andIwillsendH7971theswordafterthem, tillIhaveconsumedthem.
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