The vision of passersby asking why God has dealt thus with this great city represents the future shock and incomprehension at Jerusalem's fall. The city's former greatness—its walls, its population, its reputation—will make its destruction all the more striking. The question asked by observers will seek explanation for such total reversal. The verse shows that the judgment will be so comprehensive that it will become the subject of international comment.

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