Jeremiah 40:2
"And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place."
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- Deuteronomy 29:24
"Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 22:8
"And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?"
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 2:15
"All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 7:20
"Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 9:8
"And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?"
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