Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbours,
    but in their hearts they set traps for them.
Should I not punish them for this?’
    declares the Lord.
‘Should I not avenge 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.
They are desolate and untravelled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds have all fled
    and the animals are gone.

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