KJV ORIGINAL
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?
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Many nations will pass by this city, and people will ask each other, 'Why did the LORD do this to such a great city?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing how other nations will be shocked and ask why God allowed Jerusalem to be destroyed.
📚 Historical Context
This prophecy was given during the final years of the kingdom of Judah, before Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon in 586 BC. Jeremiah was warning that Jerusalem, once considered the greatest city because it housed God's temple, would become a ruin that would astonish foreign visitors. The city's destruction would be so complete that travelers from other nations would wonder what terrible thing had happened to cause such devastation.
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