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Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

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Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(A) myself
    on such a nation as this?”

10 I will weep and wail for the mountains
    and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.(B)
They are desolate and untraveled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds(C) have all fled
    and the animals are gone.

11 “I will make Jerusalem a heap(D) of ruins,
    a haunt of jackals;(E)
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah(F)
    so no one can live there.”(G)

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