Jeremiah 9:8-10

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⁸ Their tongues are like arrows that have poison.
    They hurt people with their lies.
They speak kind words to their neighbours,
    but they are looking for a way to cheat them.
⁹ I must certainly punish them for what they have done.
    I will pay back this wicked nation for their sins.’

¹⁰ ‘I will weep for the mountains.
    I will cry for the fields in the wilderness.
There is no grass for the animals to eat.
    Nobody travels through those places.
There is no sound of cows and sheep.
    The birds and the wild animals have all disappeared.’