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HTML

<div class="view-content">

    <div class="first">content</div>
    <div class="first">content</div>
    <div class="second">content</div>
    <div class="third">content</div>
    <div class="third">content</div>

</div>

JavaScript

$(function (){
    
          $('.first').wrapAll('<div class="column" />')
         
            $('.second').wrapAll('<div class="column" />')
         
                $('.third').wrapAll('<div class="column" />')
         
                  

    
      alert($('.view-content').html());  
            });