Jeremiah 9:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ Should I not punish them for these things?”^[a]
    asks the Lord,
        “and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?”
¹⁰ I’ll weep and mourn for the mountains,
    and lament for the desert pastures,
because they are desolate and no one passes through them.
    They don’t hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
    They’re gone!
¹¹ “I’ll make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
    a refuge for jackals.
I’ll make the towns of Judah desolate,
    without inhabitants.”