Jeremiah 9:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸The people of Judah have tongues as sharp as arrows.
    Their mouths speak lies.
They all speak kindly to their neighbors,
    but they are secretly planning ways to attack them.
⁹Should I punish the people of Judah for doing these things?”
    This message is from the Lord.
“You know I should punish a nation such as this.
    I should give it the punishment it deserves.”

¹⁰I, Jeremiah, will cry for the mountains.
    I will sing a funeral song for the empty fields,
    because all the animals were taken away.
No one travels there now.
    The sounds of cattle cannot be heard.
The birds have flown away,
    and the animals are gone.