(A)But if you will not obey these words, I (B)swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’” For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“You are like (C)Gilead to Me,
Like the summit of Lebanon;
Yet most assuredly I will make you like a (D)wilderness,
Like cities which are not inhabited.
“For I will set apart (E)destroyers against you,
Each with his weapons;
And they will (F)cut down your choicest cedars
And (G)throw them on the fire.

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