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For thus says the Lord concerning the palace of the king of Judah:

Although you are like Gilead to me,
    like a peak of Lebanon,
I swear that I will turn you into a desert,
    an uninhabited city.
I will send forth destroyers to annihilate you,
    each man equipped with his weapons.
They will cut down your finest cedars
    and cast them into the fire.

People from many nations will pass by this city, and they will ask one another, “Why has the Lord dealt in this manner with this great city?”

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