Jeremiah 9:9-11

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord.
Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

¹⁰ I will cry and sob for the mountains.
I will sing a lament for the pastures in the wilderness.
They are desolate and untraveled,
and not even the lowing of cattle is heard.
From the birds in the sky to all the animals below, everything has fled.
They are all gone.

¹¹ I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a jackals’ den,
and I am going to lay waste to the cities of Judah,
so that no one can live there.