Why will Jeremiah take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, the pastures, the cattle, the beasts, and the birds of the air?
Jeremiah continues his lament with his own personal words expressing his anguish at the widespread destruction that is coming to the land when the Lord sends the enemy from the north. The land of blessing is turned into a place of curse as it is all turned to waste and becomes an inhabitable land where no one passes through.
The destruction is so comprehensive that even the marginal land such as the mountains and the pastures of the wilderness will be destroyed.1 The covenant curse is truly coming to Judah.
10 Sur les montagnes je veux pleurer et gémir, Sur les plaines du désert je prononce une complainte; Car elles sont brûlées, personne n'y passe, On n'y entend plus la voix des troupeaux; Les oiseaux du ciel et les bêtes ont pris la fuite, ont disparu.