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Atomic Bible
Jeremiah 22:6
For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
from A Warning about the Palace, Jeremiah 22:6-9
What it says

The LORD speaks concerning the house of the king of Judah and says that though it is like Gilead and Lebanon to Him, He will make it desolate.

What it is doing

This verse begins the palace oracle by contrasting privilege with impending devastation.

In context

6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: 7I will appoint destroyers against you, 8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’ 9Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”