11. The Lord says, “I will make Jerusalem a pile of ruins,a place where jackals live;the cities of Judah will become a desert,a place where no one lives.”
12. I asked, “Lord, why is the land devastated and dry as a desert, so that no one travels through it? Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom have you explained it so that he can tell others?”
13. The Lord answered, “This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them.