Jeremiah 22:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire.

⁸ And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbour: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?

⁹ And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.