6. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7. Therefore thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Behold, I will melt them and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8. Their tongue is as a sharp arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but in heart he lays in wait.
9. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10. Upon the mountains I will lift up weeping and wailing and lamentation upon the habitations of the wilderness because they are burned up, so that no one can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and even the beasts of the earth are fled; they are gone.
11. And I will make Jerusalem heaps and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.