Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are
Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster aga
Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plague
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the rea
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written i
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has th
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the tr
And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Jus