Jeremiah 9:10-12

Lexham English Bible

¹⁰ For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing,
    and for the pastures of the desert a lament,
because they are laid waste so that no man passes through.
    And the sounds^[a] of cattle are not heard,
from the birds^[b] of heaven to the animals^[c]
    they have fled, they are gone.
¹¹ And I will make Jerusalem as heaps of ruins, a lair of jackals,
    and the towns of Judah I will make a desolation, without inhabitants.^[d]
12 Who is the wise man that can understand this?
    And to whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, so that he may declare it?
Why is the land destroyed?
    It is laid waste like the desert^[e] so that no one passes through.”