Jeremiah 9:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ For such deceitful dealings
    shall I not punish them, says the Lord,
and shall I not exact vengeance
    on such a nation?

¹⁰ Raise up cries of weeping and lamentation for the mountains
    and chant a dirge for the pasture lands,
because they have been so scorched
    that no one passes there,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
Birds of the air and the animals:
    all have fled and are gone.
¹¹ I will turn Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,
    a lair for jackals,
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah
    so that no one can live there.