7
"Therefore," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "I will refine them and test them. What else can I do with the daughter of my people?
8
Their tongues are sharpened arrows; with their mouths they speak deceit - they say nice words to their neighbors, while inwardly plotting against them.
9
Should I not punish them for these things?" asks ADONAI. "Should I not take vengeance on such a nation?"
10
I weep and wail for the mountains and lament over the desert pastures, because they have been burned up; no one passes through; they no longer hear the sound of cattle; the birds and wild animals have fled, are gone.
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"I will make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, turn it into a lair for jackals, and make the cities of Y'hudah desolate, with no one living there."