11. I heard the Lord reply,“When I have finished,Jerusalem and the towns of Judahwill be piles of ruinswhere only jackals live.”
12. I said to the Lord, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”
13. The Lord said:I destroyed the land because the people disobeyed me and rejected my laws and teachings.
14. They were stubborn and worshipped Baal, just as their ancestors did.
15. So I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, promise them poison to eat and drink.
16. I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.