Jeremiah 19:8 meaning and explanation
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
Jeremiah 19:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah is speaking in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, before the elders and priests, as God announces judgment on Jerusalem for idolatry and the burning of children to Baal. Verse 8 declares the outcome: the city will become a desolation and an object of scorn, so that passersby will be appalled and mock her wounds.
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