Jeremiah 9:9-11

The Voice

¹⁰ Jeremiah: I will weep bitterly for the mountains of my homeland
        and grieve for the death of her wild meadows.
    For they have become a silent wasteland
        where no one dares to travel.
    Pastures once filled with the lowing of cattle, now are empty and lifeless.
        All the animals have fled; even the birds have left the sky.

¹¹ Eternal One: I will leave Jerusalem in ruins;
        her rubble will be the haunt of jackals.
    I will wreak the same havoc on the cities of Judah;
        no person will be found there.