Isaiah 40:1-2 explains that Jerusalem has been punished.
Isaiah 40, Old Testament, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, accessed August 17, 2023
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.