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The Lord says this about the palace of the king of Judah:

‘This place is as beautiful as Gilead!
    It is as beautiful as Lebanon's mountains.
But I will cause it to become a wilderness,
    a place where nobody lives any more.
I will send enemies to destroy this place.
    They will use their weapons to knock it all down.
They will cut down the strong beams of cedar wood.
    They will throw them into the fire.

People from many nations will see what has happened here. They will ask each other, “Why has the Lord destroyed this great city?”

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