Jeremiah 22:8 meaning and explanation

And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

Jeremiah 22:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just announced that the royal palace of Judah will become a ruin, its finest cedars cut down and burned (verses 6 and 7). Here the LORD pictures travelers from many nations passing the devastated city and asking each other why such a great place fell.

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