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For thus hath the LORD said regarding the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness and cities which are not inhabited.

And I will appoint destroyers against thee, each one with his weapons, and they shall cut down thy choice cedars and cast them into the fire.

And many Gentiles shall pass by this city, and each man shall say to his neighbour, Why has the LORD done thus unto this great city?

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For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah:

“Though you are like Gilead(A) to me,
    like the summit of Lebanon,(B)
I will surely make you like a wasteland,(C)
    like towns not inhabited.
I will send destroyers(D) against you,
    each man with his weapons,
and they will cut(E) up your fine cedar beams
    and throw them into the fire.(F)

“People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’(G)

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