6 Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, ^aI will refine them and try them;
^bFor how shall I deal with the daughter of My people? ‡

10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
And ^afor the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation,
Because they are burned up,
So that no one can pass through;
Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle.
^bBoth the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled;
They are gone. ‡

11 “I will make Jerusalem ^aa heap of ruins, ^ba den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”  ‡