7. I will send people to destroy you.They will have their own weapons.They will cut down your finest cedar treesand throw them on a fire.
8. “People from many nations will pass by this city and ask each other, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this important city?’
9. The answer will be: ‘They rejected the promise of the Lord their God. They worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”
10. Don’t cry for the dead.Don’t shake your heads at them.Cry bitterly for those who are taken away,because they won’t come back to see their homeland.