“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will (A)say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’ Then they will [a]answer, ‘Because they (B)abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 22:9 Lit say

“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?’(A) And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.(B)’”

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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?

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

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22 So the Lord was (A)no longer able to endure it, (B)because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; so your land has become a (C)place of ruins, an object of horror, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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22 When the Lord could no longer endure(A) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(B) and a desolate waste(C) without inhabitants, as it is today.(D)

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22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

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18 Therefore I (A)poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I also (B)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. (C)According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

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18 So I poured out(A) my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered(B) through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.(C)

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18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

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