Jeremiah 9:9-11

Revised Standard Version

¹⁰ “Take up^[a] weeping and wailing for the mountains,
    and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard;
both the birds of the air and the beasts
    have fled and are gone.
¹¹ I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
    a lair of jackals;
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    without inhabitant.”