5. But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,’ declares Adonai, ‘that this palace will become a ruin.’”
6. For thus says Adonai concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to Me— the summit of Lebanon, yet I will surely make you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.
7. I will consecrate destroyers against you, each with his own weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and cast them into the fire.
8. Many nations will pass by this city, and they will say, each to his neighbor, ‘Why has Adonai done such a thing to this great city?’
9. Then they will answer: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God, and worshipped other gods and served them.’”