Jeremiah 9:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ Their tongue is a deadly arrow
    that speaks deceit.
With his mouth a person says, ‘Peace,’ to his friend,
    but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
⁹ Should I not punish them for these things?”^[a]
    asks the Lord,
        “and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?”
¹⁰ I’ll weep and mourn for the mountains,
    and lament for the desert pastures,
because they are desolate and no one passes through them.
    They don’t hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
    They’re gone!