Jeremiah 9:7

7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them and ^atest them;

For ^bwhat else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

Jeremiah 9:9

^aShall I not punish them for these things?” declares Yahweh.

“On a nation such as this

Shall I not avenge Myself?

I will make Jerusalem a ^aheap of ruins,

A haunt of ^bjackals;

And I will make the cities of Judah a ^cdesolation, without inhabitant.”