Jeremiah 9:9-11
9
Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?”
10
I will weep and wail for the mountains
and take up a lament concerning the desert pastures.
They are desolate and untraveled,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds of the air have fled
and the animals are gone.
11
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals;
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah
so no one can live there.”