Jeremiah 9:13 meaning and explanation

And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.

Jeremiah 9:13, Berean Standard Bible

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The people have asked why their land lies scorched and empty, and the LORD answers plainly. Speaking through Jeremiah to Judah before the Babylonian exile, God names the cause: they abandoned the law he had set before them at Sinai, refusing to walk in it or obey his voice.

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