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"This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: 'You yourselves have seen all the disaster that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ^(C1)ruins and no one lives in them,

^(C1)because of their wickedness which they committed to ^(C2)provoke Me to anger by continuing to ^(C3)burn ^(F1)sacrifices and to ^(C4)serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

'Yet I ^(C1)sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this ^(C2)abominable thing which I hate."

'But ^(C1)they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn ^(F1)sacrifices to other gods.

'Therefore My ^(C1)wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the ^(C2)cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a ^(C3)desolation as it is this day.