Jeremiah 22:9
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
What it says
The answer will be that Judah abandoned the covenant of the LORD and served other gods.
What it is doing
This verse interprets the catastrophe as covenant judgment rather than random political misfortune.
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.’”