7. Therefore the Lord of Hosts says,“Behold, I will melt them and test them;for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8. Their tongue is a deadly arrow.It speaks deceit.One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9. Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the Lord.“Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10. I will weep and wail for the mountains,and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.They are gone.